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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьlěti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *til- or *tilˀ-. Cognate with Latvian til̂t (“to become soft or retted”) (West Latvian dialect, where the broken and falling tones merge). Possibly cognate with *utoliti (“to quench, to relieve”) and/or Lithuanian tylė́ti (“to soothe, to be silent”), tìlti (“to be silent”). Vasmer suggests a possible additional connection with Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “marsh, puddle”), τελμίς (telmís, “rot, slime”) (gen. τελμῖνος (telmînos)), Old Armenian տիղմ (tiłm, “mud”). Chernykh adds Old Irish tulid, tuilid (“to sleep”).
Verb
*tьlěti impf
- to decay
- to smolder
Inflection
Conjugation of *tьlěti, *tьlě, *tьlějetь (impf., intr., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ěti
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *tьlěnьje | *tьlěti | *tьlětъ | *tьlělъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | — | — |
| Active | *tьlěvъ | *tьlěję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *tьlěxъ | *tьlě | *tьlě | *tьlějǫ | *tьlěješi | *tьlějetь |
| Dual | *tьlěxově | *tьlěsta | *tьlěste | *tьlějevě | *tьlějeta | *tьlějete |
| Plural | *tьlěxomъ | *tьlěste | *tьlěšę | *tьlějemъ | *tьlějete | *tьlějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *tьlěaxъ | *tьlěaše | *tьlěaše | — | *tьlěji | *tьlěji |
| Dual | *tьlěaxově | *tьlěašeta | *tьlěašete | *tьlějivě | *tьlějita | — |
| Plural | *tьlěaxomъ | *tьlěašete | *tьlěaxǫ | *tьlějimъ | *tьlějite | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тьлѣти (tĭlěti, “to rot”), 1sg. тьлѣю (tĭlěju)
- Belarusian: тлець (tljecʹ)
- Russian: тлеть (tletʹ, “to rot, to decay, to smolder”), 1sg. тле́ю (tléju)
- Ukrainian: тлі́ти (tlíty, “to decay, to rot”), 1sg. тлі́ю (tlíju)
- Old East Slavic: тьлѣти (tĭlěti, “to rot”), 1sg. тьлѣю (tĭlěju)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: тьлѣти (tĭlěti, “to decay”), 1sg. тьлѣѭ (tĭlějǫ)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: тле́я (tléja, “to smolder”)
- Macedonian: тлее (tlee, “to glow”)
- Serbo-Croatian: tinjati (“to smolder”)
- Slovene: tlẹ́ti (“to smolder”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. tlím (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: tlít (“to rot, to decay, to mold”)
- Polish: tleć (“smolder”), 1sg. tleję
- Slovak: tlieť (“to smolder”)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: tłać (“to decay, to rot”)
- Lower Sorbian: tłaś (“to decay, to rot”)
References
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “тлеть”, 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 246
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьlěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тлеть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress