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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sijati
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shine”), related to Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”), Proto-Germanic *skīmarōną (“to shimmer”). Both root thematic[1] and secondary stative[2] conjugation in *-jati are attested, with no difference in meaning.
Verb
*sijati impf[3][4]
- to shine, to illuminate
- Synonyms: *světiti, *ozariti
Alternative forms
- *sьjati
Inflection
Conjugation of *sijati, *sě, *sějetь (impf., intr., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
---|---|---|---|
*sětьje | *sijati | *sijatъ | *sělъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | — | — |
Active | *sěvъ | *sěję |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *sěxъ | *sě | *sě | *sějǫ | *sěješi | *sějetь |
Dual | *sěxově | *sěsta | *sěste | *sějevě | *sějeta | *sějete |
Plural | *sěxomъ | *sěste | *sěšę | *sějemъ | *sějete | *sějǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *sěaxъ | *sěaše | *sěaše | — | *sěji | *sěji |
Dual | *sěaxově | *sěašeta | *sěašete | *sějivě | *sějita | — |
Plural | *sěaxomъ | *sěašete | *sěaxǫ | *sějimъ | *sějite | — |
Conjugation of *sijati, *sija, *sijajetь (impf., intr., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
---|---|---|---|
*sijanьje | *sijati | *sijatъ | *sijalъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | — | — |
Active | *sijavъ | *sijaję |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *sijaxъ | *sija | *sija | *sijajǫ | *sijaješi | *sijajetь |
Dual | *sijaxově | *sijasta | *sijaste | *sijajevě | *sijajeta | *sijajete |
Plural | *sijaxomъ | *sijaste | *sijašę | *sijajemъ | *sijajete | *sijajǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *sijaaxъ | *sijaaše | *sijaaše | — | *sijaji | *sijaji |
Dual | *sijaaxově | *sijaašeta | *sijaašete | *sijajivě | *sijajita | — |
Plural | *sijaaxomъ | *sijaašete | *sijaaxǫ | *sijajimъ | *sijajite | — |
Derived terms
- *sijajьnъ (“radiant, bright”)
- *sinica (“tit”)
- *siňь (“blue, glaucus”)
- *sivъ (“gray, faint”) (possibly)
- *sojь (“shady”) (possibly)
- *osojь (“shady place”)
- *soja, *sojьka (“jay”)
Related terms
- *sěvati (“to irradiate”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сиꙗти (sijati)
- Belarusian: ззяць (zzjacʹ)
- Russian: сия́ть (sijátʹ)
- Ukrainian: ся́яти (sjájaty), ся́ти (sjáty)
- Old East Slavic: сиꙗти (sijati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: сиꙗти (sijati)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: сия́я (sijája), осе́я (oséja)
- Macedonian: сјае (sjae)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сѝјати, сја̏ти
- Latin: sìjati, sjȁti
- Slovene: sijáti
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: sëjac (“illuminate”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сия́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (2002), “сияя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 712
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьjati: sějǫ sějetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 205, 246)”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьjati: sьjajǫ sьjajetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a ?så (PR 134)”
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sijati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450: “v. 'shine'”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “sijáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sьja̋ti”