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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščupati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Denominal verb from *ščupъ (“dipstick”) + *-ati, with further origin unceratin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skewp-, akin to Sanskrit छुपति (chupati, “to touch”), and furhter related to *ščipati (“to pinch”), from a p-extension of *skey- (“to cut”)[1].
Verb
*ščupati impf (perfective *ščupьnǫti)
- to touch, to probe
- to grope
Conjugation
Conjugation of *ščupati, *ščupa, *ščupajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *ščupanьje | *ščupati | *ščupatъ | *ščupalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *ščupanъ | *ščupajemъ |
| Active | *ščupavъ | *ščupaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ščupaxъ | *ščupa | *ščupa | *ščupajǫ | *ščupaješi | *ščupajetь |
| Dual | *ščupaxově | *ščupasta | *ščupaste | *ščupajevě | *ščupajeta | *ščupajete |
| Plural | *ščupaxomъ | *ščupaste | *ščupašę | *ščupajemъ | *ščupajete | *ščupajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ščupaaxъ | *ščupaaše | *ščupaaše | — | *ščupaji | *ščupaji |
| Dual | *ščupaaxově | *ščupaašeta | *ščupaašete | *ščupajivě | *ščupajita | — |
| Plural | *ščupaaxomъ | *ščupaašete | *ščupaaxǫ | *ščupajimъ | *ščupajite | — |
Derived terms
- *ščuplъ (“thin, puny”)
- *ščupadlo (“touching instrument/organ”)
- ⇒ Russian: щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce, “tentacle”)
- *ščupъta, *ščupъka (“crumb, bit”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: щупати (ščupati)
- Belarusian: шчу́паць (ščúpacʹ)
- Russian: щу́пать (ščúpatʹ)
- Ukrainian: щу́пати (ščúpaty), щю́пати (ščjúpaty)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: szczupać (dialectal)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “щупать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- щупати in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
References
- https://ispan.waw.pl/ireteslaw/bitstream/handle/20.500.12528/85/M_Jakubowicz_-_The_Development_of_Words_Across_Centuries.pdf#page=157