Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sloniti

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

Formed as *slonъ (“shed, offset”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*slonìti impf (perfective *slaněti)

1. to lean
2. to screen, to shelter

Inflection

Conjugation of *sloniti

infinitive	*sloniti
supine	*slonitъ
verbal noun	*slonjenьje
participles	present	past
active	*slonę	*slonjь
passive	*slonimъ	*slonjenъ
resultative	—	*slonilъ
	present	imperative
1st singular	*slonjǫ	—
2nd singular	*slonišь	*sloni
3rd singular	*slonitь	*sloni
1st dual	*slonivě	*slonivě
2nd dual	*slonita	*slonita
3rd dual	*slonite	*slonite
1st plural	*slonimъ	*slonimъ
2nd plural	*slonite	*slonite
3rd plural	*slonętь	—
	imperfect	aorist
1st singular	*slonjaaxъ	*slonixъ
2nd singular	*slonjaaše	*sloni
3rd singular	*slonjaaše	*sloni
1st dual	*slonjaaxově	*slonixově
2nd dual	*slonjaašeta	*slonista
3rd dual	*slonjaašete	*sloniste
1st plural	*slonjaaxomъ	*slonixomъ
2nd plural	*slonjaašete	*sloniste
3rd plural	*slonjaaxǫ	*slonišę

Related terms

• *slonъ (“shed, offset”)
  • *podъslonъ (“shelter”)
  • *zaslonъ (“screen, lodge”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: -слони́ть (-slonítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: слонити (sloniti)
  • Bulgarian: слоня (slonja)
  • Macedonian: слони (sloni) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: zaslòniti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: slonit, clonit
  • Polish: słonić, słaniać
  • Slovak: slоniť, cloniť

Further reading

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “-слоня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 115
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-слони́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress