Causative-iterative of *činǫti ( “ to probe, to gauge ” ) + *-iti (cognate with Ancient Greek τῐ́νω ( tínō , “ to pay honor ” ) ) and/or related noun *činъ ( “ rank, status ” ) + *-iti , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ( “ to enquire, to evaluate ” ) < *kʷ- ( interrogative particle ) .
*činìti [1] [2]
( transitive ) to instigate , to cause
Synonym: *raděti
→ to prepare , to commence
→ to compile , to conjure
→ to accomplish , to fulfill
→ to raise , to set up
( transitive ) to do , to perform
Synonyms: *děti , *dělati , *praviti
( intransitive , abstract) to constitute , to stand for , to be worth
Conjugation of
*činiti, *čini, *činitь (
impf. ,
-i- , s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*čiňenьje
*činiti
*činitъ
*činilъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*čiňenъ
*činimъ
Active
*čiňь
*činę
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*činixъ
*čini
*čini
*čiňǫ
*činiši
*činitь
Dual
*činixově
*činista
*činiste
*činivě
*činita
*činite
Plural
*činixomъ
*činiste
*činišę
*činimъ
*činite
*činętь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*čiňaaxъ
*čiňaaše
*čiňaaše
—
*čini
*čini
Dual
*čiňaaxově
*čiňaašeta
*čiňaašete
*činivě
*činita
—
Plural
*čiňaaxomъ
*čiňaašete
*čiňaaxǫ
*činimъ
*činite
—
Notes: (*)*činivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
East Slavic:
South Slavic:
Old Church Slavonic:
Old Cyrillic script: чинити ( činiti )
Glagolitic script: ⱍⰻⱀⰻⱅⰻ ( činiti )
Bulgarian: чи́ня ( čínja )
Macedonian: чини ( čini )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: чѝнити
Latin script: čìniti
Slovene: číniti
West Slavic:
Non-Slavic:
→ Hungarian: csinál
^ Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*činìti ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , →ISSN , page 89 : “v. (c) ”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001 ) “činiti: činjǫ činitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List [1] , Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c gøre, udrette (PR 140) ”