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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьbьtati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ščьbьtъ + *-ati. Ultimately, according to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic provenance.
Verb
*ščьbьtati
- to chirp, to twitter
Inflection
Conjugation of *ščьbьtati, *ščьbьta, *ščьbьťetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *ščьbьtanьje | *ščьbьtati | *ščьbьtatъ | *ščьbьtalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *ščьbьtanъ | *ščьbьťemъ |
| Active | *ščьbьtavъ | *ščьbьťę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ščьbьtaxъ | *ščьbьta | *ščьbьta | *ščьbьťǫ | *ščьbьťeši | *ščьbьťetь |
| Dual | *ščьbьtaxově | *ščьbьtasta | *ščьbьtaste | *ščьbьťevě | *ščьbьťeta | *ščьbьťete |
| Plural | *ščьbьtaxomъ | *ščьbьtaste | *ščьbьtašę | *ščьbьťemъ | *ščьbьťete | *ščьbьťǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ščьbьtaaxъ | *ščьbьtaaše | *ščьbьtaaše | — | *ščьbьťi | *ščьbьťi |
| Dual | *ščьbьtaaxově | *ščьbьtaašeta | *ščьbьtaašete | *ščьbьťivě | *ščьbьťita | — |
| Plural | *ščьbьtaaxomъ | *ščьbьtaašete | *ščьbьtaaxǫ | *ščьbьťimъ | *ščьbьťite | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: щьбьтати (ščĭbĭtati)
- Old Ruthenian: щебета́ти (ščebetáti)
- Belarusian: шчабята́ць (ščabjatácʹ)
- Ukrainian: щебета́ти (ščebetáty)
- Russian: щебета́ть (ščebetátʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: щебета́ти (ščebetáti)
- Old East Slavic: щьбьтати (ščĭbĭtati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: щьбьтати (štĭbĭtati)
- Glagolitic: ⱋⱐⰱⱐⱅⰰⱅⰺ (štĭbĭtati)
- Slovene: ščǝbǝtáti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: štěbetat
- Polish: szczebiotać
- Slovak: štеbоtаť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: šćebotać
- Lower Sorbian: šćabotaś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “щебета́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress