Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stigati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

*stigti +‎ *-ati

Verb

*stigati impf (perfective *stigti or *stignǫti)

to pursue, to chase
to catch up, to reach, to attain

Alternative forms

*stidzati (probably contaminated by *stьdza)

Inflection

Conjugation of *stigati, *stiga, *stigajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*stiganьje	*stigati	*stigatъ	*stigalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*stiganъ	*stigajemъ
Active	*stigavъ	*stigaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stigaxъ	*stiga	*stiga	*stigajǫ	*stigaješi	*stigajetь
Dual	*stigaxově	*stigasta	*stigaste	*stigajevě	*stigajeta	*stigajete
Plural	*stigaxomъ	*stigaste	*stigašę	*stigajemъ	*stigajete	*stigajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stigaaxъ	*stigaaše	*stigaaše	—	*stigaji	*stigaji
Dual	*stigaaxově	*stigaašeta	*stigaašete	*stigajivě	*stigajita	—
Plural	*stigaaxomъ	*stigaašete	*stigaaxǫ	*stigajimъ	*stigajite	—

Derived terms

*stiga, *stiža (verbal noun)
*stigateľь (agent noun)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: -сти́гнуть (-stígnutʹ)
  - ⇒ Russian: достига́ть (dostigátʹ)
  - ⇒ Russian: постига́ть (postigátʹ)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: встига́ти (vstyháty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сти́гам (stígam), dial. сти́дзам (stídzam)
- Macedonian: стига (stiga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: сти̏зати
  Latin: stȉzati
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stíhati
  - Czech: stíhat
- Old Polish: ścigać
  - Polish: ścigać
- Slovak: stihať