Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tajiti

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂y-. Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (tāyezzi), [script needed] (tāyazzi, “to steal”), Old Irish táid (“thief”), Sanskrit तायु (tāyu, “thief”), Avestan 𐬙𐬁𐬫𐬎 (tāyu, “thief”), Ancient Greek τητάω (tētáō, “to deprive”), τηΰσιος (tēǘsios, “deceptive, (in) vain”) (Doric τᾱΰσιος (tāǘsios)), etc.

Verb

*tajìti impf

1. to hide, conceal

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tajiti, *taji, *tajitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tajenьje	*tajiti	*tajitъ	*tajilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tajenъ	*tajimъ
Active	*tajь	*taję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tajixъ	*taji	*taji	*tajǫ	*tajiši	*tajitь
Dual	*tajixově	*tajista	*tajiste	*tajivě	*tajita	*tajite
Plural	*tajixomъ	*tajiste	*tajišę	*tajimъ	*tajite	*tajętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tajaaxъ	*tajaaše	*tajaaše	—	*taji	*taji
Dual	*tajaaxově	*tajaašeta	*tajaašete	*tajivě	*tajita	—
Plural	*tajaaxomъ	*tajaašete	*tajaaxǫ	*tajimъ	*tajite	—

Notes:
• (*)*tajivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

• *tatь (“thief”)
• *tajьna (“secret, mystery”)
• *tajьnostь (“secrecy”)
  • *potajьnostь (“reticence, slyness”)
• *tajьnъ (“secret”)
  • *tajьnikъ (“secret compartment”)
  • *tajьnьstvo (“sacrament”)
  • *tajьnьstvenъ (“mysterious”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: таити (taiti), 1sg. таю (taju)
    • Belarusian: таі́ць (taícʹ)
    • Russian: таи́ть (taítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: таї́ти (tajíty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: таити (taiti)

    Glagolitic: ⱅⰰⰹⱅⰹ (taiti)

  • Bulgarian: тая́ (tajá), 2p. таи́ш (taíš)
  • Macedonian: таи (tai)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та́јити

    Latin script: tájiti

  • Slovene: tajíti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tajiti
    • Czech: tajit
  • Old Polish: taić
    • Polish: taić
  • Slovak: tajiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: tajić, 1sg. taju
    • Lower Sorbian: tajiś

References

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “таи́ть”, 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 224
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tajìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 489
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “таи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress