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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skuti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *skubti < Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaub⁽ˀ⁾téi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewbʰ-. Related to Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”) (n-infix present), Latvian skubinât (“to urge, to push”). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”), Persian آشفتن (âšoftan, “to agitate”), Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, “to shake”).
Verb
skutì impf (perfective *skubnǫti)[1]
- to pluck
- to pull, to tug (hair, weeds)
Alternative forms
- *skubti (earlier non-contracted form)
- *skubati
Conjugation
Conjugation of *skuti, *skube, *skubetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *skubenьje | *skuti | *skutъ | *skublъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *skubenъ | *skubomъ |
| Active | *skubъ | *skuby |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *skub(ox)ъ | *skube | *skube | *skubǫ | *skubeši | *skubetь |
| Dual | *skub(ox)ově | *skub(e/os)ta | *skub(e/os)te | *skubevě | *skubeta | *skubete |
| Plural | *skub(ox)omъ | *skub(e/os)te | *skubǫ, *skubošę | *skubemъ | *skubete | *skubǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *skuběaxъ | *skuběaše | *skuběaše | — | *skubi | *skubi |
| Dual | *skuběaxově | *skuběašeta | *skuběašete | *skuběvě | *skuběta | — |
| Plural | *skuběaxomъ | *skuběašete | *skuběaxǫ | *skuběmъ | *skuběte | — |
Derived terms
- *skubiti (causative)
Related terms
- *xybati (“to sway”)
- *čubъ (“forelock, crest”)
- *čupъ (“crack, strand of hair”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ску́бці (skúbci)
- Russian: скусть (skustʹ); (dialectal) скубти́ (skubtí)
- Ukrainian: ску́бти (skúbty); (dialectal) ску́бсти́ (skúbstý)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ску́псти
- Latin: skúpsti
- Slovene: skúbsti
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: skústi
- Old Polish: skuść
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “скубу”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “скубти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 289
- “skubti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “skúbsti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sku(b)ti̋”