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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xopiti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably of expressive origin, comparable with Proto-Slavic *xapati (“to bite”), Old Church Slavonic хѫпити (xǫpiti, “to snatch”). Compare further dial. Bulgarian хо́пам (hópam, “to skip, to frisk”), Polish chopnąć (“to clap, to push”) of onomatopoeic or interjectal origin.
Possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ep- (“to grab, to have”), if presumably PIE *kH- could yield Proto-Slavic *x-. According to Uhlenbeck, may alternatively be a borrowing from Middle Low German happen (“to take a bite”); usually dismissed by other Slavists.
Verb
*xopiti pf
- to grasp, to seize
- Synonym: *xvatati
- (reflexive) (+ *sę) to undertake, to handle
- Synonym: *zaęti (sę)
Conjugation
Conjugation of *xopiti, *xopi, *xopitь (perf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
---|---|---|---|
*xopľenьje | *xopiti | *xopitъ | *xopilъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *xopľenъ | — |
Active | *xopľь | — |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *xopixъ | *xopi | *xopi | *xopľǫ | *xopiši | *xopitь |
Dual | *xopixově | *xopista | *xopiste | *xopivě | *xopita | *xopite |
Plural | *xopixomъ | *xopiste | *xopišę | *xopimъ | *xopite | *xopętь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | — | — | — | — | *xopi | *xopi |
Dual | — | — | — | *xopivě | *xopita | — |
Plural | — | — | — | *xopimъ | *xopite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*xopivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
- In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Derived terms
- *vyxopiti
- *sъxopiti
- *uxopiti, *vъxopiti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: хопити (xopiti)
- Belarusian: хапі́ць (xapícʹ)
- Russian: хопи́ть (xopítʹ), хопи́ться (xopítʹsja)
- Ukrainian: хопи́ти (xopýty), хопи́тися (xopýtysja)
- Old East Slavic: хопити (xopiti)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: chopiti sě
- Czech: chopit (“to grasp, to comprehend”), chopit se
- Old Polish: pochopić
- ⇒ Polish: pochopny
- Slovak: chopiť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: chopiś (“to begin”)
- Upper Sorbian: khopić (“to initiate, to begin”)
- Old Czech: chopiti sě
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хопить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xopiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 70
- хопити in Горох.ua (Етимологія)