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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tatь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂tis, from *(s)teh₂- (“to do something secretly, conceal, thieve”). Equivalent to *tajiti (“to hide, conceal”) + *-tь.
Cognate with Old Irish táid (“thief”), Ancient Greek τητάω (tētáō, “I deprive, bereave, rob”), Doric τᾱτάω (tātáō), Old Latin tatod (“may he steal”) (6th century BC), Sanskrit तायु (tāyu, “thief”).
Noun
*tatь m[1]
- thief
Declension
Declension of *tatь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *tatь | *tati | *tatьje, *taťe* |
| Accusative | *tatь | *tati | *tati |
| Genitive | *tati | *tatьju, *taťu* | *tatьjь, *tati* |
| Locative | *tati | *tatьju, *taťu* | *tatьxъ |
| Dative | *tati | *tatьma | *tatьmъ |
| Instrumental | *tatьmь | *tatьma | *tatьmi |
| Vocative | *tati | *tati | *tatьje, *taťe* |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *tajiti (“to hide, conceal”)
- *tajь (“secret”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тать (tatĭ)
- Russian: тать (tatʹ)
- Old East Slavic: тать (tatĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: тать (tatĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱅⰰⱅⱐ (tatĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: та̑т
- Latin: tȃt
- Slovene: tȃt
- Old Church Slavonic:
References
- Reconstructed as a jo-stem in Derksen 2008, but this must be secondary due to the lack of iotation of final *t.
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “таить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 224
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “тать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa