Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьpъtati
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editDerived from *šьpъtъ. Ultimately, according to Vasmer, onomatopoeic.
Verb
edit*šьpъtati
- to whisper
Inflection
editConjugation of *šьpъtati, *šьpъta, *šьpъťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*šьpъtanьje | *šьpъtati | *šьpъtatъ | *šьpъtalъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *šьpъtanъ | *šьpъťemъ |
Active | *šьpъtavъ | *šьpъťę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *šьpъtaxъ | *šьpъta | *šьpъta | *šьpъťǫ | *šьpъťeši | *šьpъťetь |
Dual | *šьpъtaxově | *šьpъtasta | *šьpъtaste | *šьpъťevě | *šьpъťeta | *šьpъťete |
Plural | *šьpъtaxomъ | *šьpъtaste | *šьpъtašę | *šьpъťemъ | *šьpъťete | *šьpъťǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *šьpъtaaxъ | *šьpъtaaše | *šьpъtaaše | — | *šьpъťi | *šьpъťi |
Dual | *šьpъtaaxově | *šьpъtaašeta | *šьpъtaašete | *šьpъťivě | *šьpъťita | — |
Plural | *šьpъtaaxomъ | *šьpъtaašete | *šьpъtaaxǫ | *šьpъťimъ | *šьpъťite | — |
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: шептя (šeptja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: šepetáti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шептать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress