Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščuplъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

Fossilized participle of *ščupati +‎ *-lъ.

Adjective edit

*ščuplъ[1]

  1. touched, groped
  2. (in West Slavic, figurative) thin, slender
  3. (in East Slavic, figurative) puny, sickly

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Further reading edit

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