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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *xytъ + *-iti.
Related to *xvatati (“to grasp”).
Verb
*xytiti
- to snatch?
- to abduct?
Inflection
Conjugation of *xytiti, *xyti, *xytitь (?, -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| *xyťenьje | *xytiti | *xytitъ | *xytilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *xyťenъ | *xytimъ |
| Active | *xyťь | *xytę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *xytixъ | *xyti | *xyti | *xyťǫ | *xytiši | *xytitь |
| Dual | *xytixově | *xytista | *xytiste | *xytivě | *xytita | *xytite |
| Plural | *xytixomъ | *xytiste | *xytišę | *xytimъ | *xytite | *xytętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *xyťaaxъ | *xyťaaše | *xyťaaše | — | *xyti | *xyti |
| Dual | *xyťaaxově | *xyťaašeta | *xyťaašete | *xytivě | *xytita | — |
| Plural | *xyťaaxomъ | *xyťaašete | *xyťaaxǫ | *xytimъ | *xytite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*xytivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: хꙑтити (xytiti)
- Glagolitic: ⱈⱏⰹⱅⰺⱅⰺ (xytiti)
- → Middle Russian: хитить (xititʹ)
- Russian: -хи́тить (-xítitʹ); хи́тить (xítitʹ) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: похитя̀ (pohitjà)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хи̏тити
- Latin: hititi
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic
- Czech: chytit
- Polish: chycić (dialectal)
- Slovak: сhуtiť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: chyśiś
- Upper Sorbian: chyćić
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “-хитить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress