Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьbьtati

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 *ščьbьtъ +‎ *-ati. Ultimately, according to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Verb

*ščьbьtati

1. to chirp, to twitter

Inflection

Conjugation of *ščьbьtati, *ščьbьta, *ščьbьťetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

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)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: щьбьтати (štĭbĭtati)

    Glagolitic script: ⱋⱐⰱⱐⱅⰰⱅⰺ (štĭbĭtati)

  • Slovene: ščǝbǝtáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: štěbetat
  • Polish: szczebiotać
  • Slovak: štеbоtаť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: šćebotać
    • Lower Sorbian: šćabotaś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щебета́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress