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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęgati
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *sę̀dzati
Etymology
From *sęg- + *-ati. See *sęťi for etymology.
Verb
*sę̀gati
- to reach for, to attain
Inflection
Conjugation of *sęgati, *sęga, *sęžetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *sęganьje | *sęgati | *sęgatъ | *sęgalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *sęganъ | *sęžemъ |
| Active | *sęgavъ | *sęžę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sęgaxъ | *sęga | *sęga | *sęžǫ | *sęžeši | *sęžetь |
| Dual | *sęgaxově | *sęgasta | *sęgaste | *sęževě | *sęžeta | *sęžete |
| Plural | *sęgaxomъ | *sęgaste | *sęgašę | *sęžemъ | *sęžete | *sęžǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *sęgaaxъ | *sęgaaše | *sęgaaše | — | *sęži | *sęži |
| Dual | *sęgaaxově | *sęgaašeta | *sęgaašete | *sęživě | *sęžita | — |
| Plural | *sęgaaxomъ | *sęgaašete | *sęgaaxǫ | *sęžimъ | *sęžite | — |
Related terms
- *sęťi (“to reach for”)
- *sę̄gnǫ̀ti (“to reach for, to attain”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: сяга́ць (sjahácʹ)
- Russian: сягать (sjagatʹ) (obsolete)
- ⇒ Russian: посяга́ть (posjagátʹ, “to encroach, to infringe”)
- Ukrainian: сяга́ти (sjaháty)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: се́гам (ségam)
- Macedonian: сега (sega, “to reach”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: се̏зати (“to reach, to attain”), 1sg. се̏же̄м
- Latin: sȅzati (“to reach, to attain”), 1sg. sȅžēm
- Slovene: sẹ́zati (“to reach for”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sẹ́zam (tonal orthography); sẹ́gati (“to reach for”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. sẹ́gam (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sahati (“to touch, to reach for”), 1sg. sahu, 2sg. sěžeš
- Czech: sahat (“to touch, to reach for”)
- Polish: sięgać (“to reach for, to reach”)
- Silesian: siōngać
- Slovak: siahať (“to reach for”)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: sahać
- Lower Sorbian: segaś
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sę̀dzati; *sę̀gati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сяга́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress