Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьpъtъ

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

According to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Noun

*šьpъtъ m

1. whisper

Declension

Declension of *šьpъtъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*šьpъtъ	*šьpъta	*šьpъti
genitive	*šьpъta	*šьpъtu	*šьpъtъ
dative	*šьpъtu	*šьpъtoma	*šьpъtomъ
accusative	*šьpъtъ	*šьpъta	*šьpъty
instrumental	*šьpъtъmь, *šьpъtomь*	*šьpъtoma	*šьpъty
locative	*šьpъtě	*šьpъtu	*šьpъtěxъ
vocative	*šьpъte	*šьpъta	*šьpъti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: шьпътъ (šĭpŭtŭ)
    • Belarusian: шэпт (šept)
    • Russian: шёпот (šópot)
    • Ukrainian: ше́піт (šépit)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ше́пот (šépot)
  • Macedonian: шепот (šepot)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ша̏па̄т

    Latin script: šȁpāt

  • Slovene: šерǝt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šepot
  • Polish: szept
  • Slovak: šepot

Further reading

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