Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/počiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *po- +‎ *čiti, from the root *kʷyeh₁-. Akin to Sanskrit चिर (cirá, “long”), Avestan 𐬱𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬨 (šāⁱtim, “happiness”), Latin quiēs (“rest”), Latin tranquīlus, tranquillus (“tranquil”), Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“pause, while”).

Verb

*počìti pf

1. to rest

Inflection

Conjugation of *počiti, *poči, *počijetь (perf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*počitьje	*počiti	*počitъ	*počilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*počitъ	—
Active	*počivъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*počixъ	*poči	*poči	*počijǫ	*počiješi	*počijetь
Dual	*počixově	*počista	*počiste	*počijevě	*počijeta	*počijete
Plural	*počixomъ	*počiste	*počišę	*počijemъ	*počijete	*počijǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*počiji	*počiji
Dual	—	—	—	*počijivě	*počijita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*počijimъ	*počijite	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *počivati
• *počinǫti
• *pokojь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: (спачы́ць (spačýcʹ))
  • Russian: почи́ть (počítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: почи́ти (počýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: почити (počiti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Slovene: počíti (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “почи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “почи́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 63