Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šaliti

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

By surface analysis, *šalъ +‎ *-iti.

Possibly, related to *naxalъ (“an impudent or insolent person”).

Verb

šaliti

1. to madden?, to rage?, to frolic?, to ramp?

Inflection

Conjugation of *šaliti, *šali, *šalitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*šaľenьje	*šaliti	*šalitъ	*šalilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*šaľenъ	*šalimъ
Active	*šaľь	*šalę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šalixъ	*šali	*šali	*šaľǫ	*šališi	*šalitь
Dual	*šalixově	*šalista	*šaliste	*šalivě	*šalita	*šalite
Plural	*šalixomъ	*šaliste	*šališę	*šalimъ	*šalite	*šalętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*šaľaaxъ	*šaľaaše	*šaľaaše	—	*šali	*šali
Dual	*šaľaaxově	*šaľaašeta	*šaľaašete	*šalivě	*šalita	—
Plural	*šaľaaxomъ	*šaľaašete	*šaľaaxǫ	*šalimъ	*šalite	—

Notes:
• (*)*šalivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: шалíць (šalícʹ)
  • Russian: шали́ть (šalítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ша̏лити

    Latin script: šȁliti

  • Slovene: šalíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: šáliti
    • Czech: šálit
  • Polish: szalić
  • Slovak: šiаliť

Further reading

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