Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьskriti

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *jiskriti

Etymology

From *jьskra (“spark”) +‎ *-iti. Most likely Slovak jastriť (from Proto-Slavic *ěskriti ~ *ěstriti) is from the same root, but with a different root-grade.

Verb

*jьskrìti impf

1. to spark
2. (reflexive) to glister, to sparkle

Alternative forms

• *ěskriti, *ěstriti, *jastriti

Inflection

Conjugation of *jьskriti, *jьskri, *jьskritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*jьskřenьje	*jьskriti	*jьskritъ	*jьskrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*jьskřenъ	*jьskrimъ
Active	*jьskřь	*jьskrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьskrixъ	*jьskri	*jьskri	*jьskřǫ	*jьskriši	*jьskritь
Dual	*jьskrixově	*jьskrista	*jьskriste	*jьskrivě	*jьskrita	*jьskrite
Plural	*jьskrixomъ	*jьskriste	*jьskrišę	*jьskrimъ	*jьskrite	*jьskrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьskřaaxъ	*jьskřaaše	*jьskřaaše	—	*jьskri	*jьskri
Dual	*jьskřaaxově	*jьskřaašeta	*jьskřaašete	*jьskrivě	*jьskrita	—
Plural	*jьskřaaxomъ	*jьskřaašete	*jьskřaaxǫ	*jьskrimъ	*jьskrite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: іскры́ць (iskrýcʹ)
  • Russian: искри́ть (iskrítʹ), и́скриться (ískritʹsja)
  • Ukrainian: искри́ти (yskrýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: искря́ (iskrjá), и́скря се (ískrja se)
  • Macedonian: искри (iskri)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: и̏скрити

    Latin script: ȉskriti

  • Slovene: iskríti se
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jiskřit
  • Polish: iskrzyć, skrzyć
  • Slovak: iskriť, jastriť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: škriś se

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “искрить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьskriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 240
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “iskriti se”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si