Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skuti

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

From earlier *skubti < Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaub⁽ˀ⁾téi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewbʰ-. Related to Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”) (n-infix present), Latvian skubinât (“to urge, to push”). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”), Persian (âšoftan, “to agitate”), Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, “to shake”).

Verb edit

skutì impf (perfective *skubnǫti)^[1]

to pluck
to pull, to tug (hair, weeds)

Alternative forms edit

*skubti (earlier non-contracted form)
*skubati

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of *skuti, *skube, *skubetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*skubenьje	*skuti	*skutъ	*skublъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*skubenъ	*skubomъ
Active	*skubъ	*skuby

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skub(ox)ъ	*skube	*skube	*skubǫ	*skubeši	*skubetь
Dual	*skub(ox)ově	*skub(e/os)ta	*skub(e/os)te	*skubevě	*skubeta	*skubete
Plural	*skub(ox)omъ	*skub(e/os)te	skubǫ, skubošę	*skubemъ	*skubete	*skubǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skuběaxъ	*skuběaše	*skuběaše	—	*skubi	*skubi
Dual	*skuběaxově	*skuběašeta	*skuběašete	*skuběvě	*skuběta	—
Plural	*skuběaxomъ	*skuběašete	*skuběaxǫ	*skuběmъ	*skuběte	—

Derived terms edit

*skubiti (causative)

Related terms edit

*xybati (“to sway”)
*čubъ (“forelock, crest”)
*čupъ (“crack, strand of hair”)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ску́бці (skúbci)
- Russian: скусть (skustʹ); (dialectal) скубти́ (skubtí)
- Ukrainian: ску́бти (skúbty); (dialectal) ску́бсти́ (skúbstý)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ску́псти
  
  Latin script: skúpsti
- Slovene: skúbsti
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: skústi

References edit

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “skúbsti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sku(b)ti̋”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “skúbsti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sku(b)ti̋”

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