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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęťь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sint- (*sent-), from Proto-Indo-European *sent-.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian sintė́ti (“to think”).
Cf. Latin sentiō (“to feel”).
Adjective
*sęťь[1]
- sensible, wise
Declension
Indefinite declension of *sęťь (soft)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *sęťь | *sęťa | *sęťe |
Accusative | *sęťь | *sęťǫ | *sęťe |
Genitive | *sęťa | *sęťę | *sęťa |
Locative | *sęťi | *sęťi | *sęťi |
Dative | *sęťu | *sęťi | *sęťu |
Instrumental | *sęťemь | *sęťejǫ | *sęťemь |
Vocative | *sęťu | *sęťe | *sęťe |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *sęťa | *sęťi | *sęťi |
Accusative | *sęťa | *sęťi | *sęťi |
Genitive | *sęťu | *sęťu | *sęťu |
Locative | *sęťu | *sęťu | *sęťu |
Dative | *sęťema | *sęťama | *sęťema |
Instrumental | *sęťema | *sęťama | *sęťema |
Vocative | *sęťa | *sęťi | *sęťi |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *sęťi | *sęťę | *sęťa |
Accusative | *sęťę | *sęťę | *sęťa |
Genitive | *sęťь | *sęťь | *sęťь |
Locative | *sęťixъ | *sęťaxъ | *sęťixъ |
Dative | *sęťemъ | *sęťamъ | *sęťemъ |
Instrumental | *sęťi | *sęťami | *sęťi |
Vocative | *sęťi | *sęťę | *sęťa |
Definite declension of *sęťь (soft)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *sęťьjь | *sęťaja | *sęťeje |
Accusative | *sęťьjь | *sęťǫjǫ | *sęťeje |
Genitive | *sęťajego | *sęťęję | *sęťajego |
Locative | *sęťijemь | *sęťiji | *sęťijemь |
Dative | *sęťujemu | *sęťiji | *sęťujemu |
Instrumental | *sęťijimi | *sęťǫjǫ | *sęťijimi |
Vocative | *sęťьjь | *sęťaja | *sęťeje |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *sęťaja | *sęťiji | *sęťiji |
Accusative | *sęťaja | *sęťiji | *sęťiji |
Genitive | *sęťuju | *sęťuju | *sęťuju |
Locative | *sęťuju | *sęťuju | *sęťuju |
Dative | *sęťijima | *sęťijima | *sęťijima |
Instrumental | *sęťijima | *sęťijima | *sęťijima |
Vocative | *sęťaja | *sęťiji | *sęťiji |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *sęťiji | *sęťęję | *sęťaja |
Accusative | *sęťęję | *sęťęję | *sęťaja |
Genitive | *sęťьjixъ | *sęťьjixъ | *sęťьjixъ |
Locative | *sęťijixъ | *sęťijixъ | *sęťijixъ |
Dative | *sęťijimъ | *sęťijimъ | *sęťijimъ |
Instrumental | *sęťijimi | *sęťijimi | *sęťijimi |
Vocative | *sęťiji | *sęťęję | *sęťaja |
Related terms
- *usętiti (“to sense up”)
- *usętъ (“sense, feeling”)
- *sętivo (“sensory capacity”)
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: сѧщь (sęštĭ)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sętjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 450: “adj. jo ‘sensible, wise’”