Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sluti

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwt, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to listen to”). In Slavic, the root vowel was retracted to *-o- before heterosyllabic *-w- (as in *novъ < Pre-Slavic *néwos).

Verb

*slùti impf^[1]^[2]^[3]

to express in words, to utter
to have reputation for

Alternative forms

*slyti (in East Slavic)

Inflection

Conjugation of *sluti, *slu, *slovetь (impf., intr., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*slutьje	*sluti	*slutъ	*slulъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*sluvъ	*slovy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sluxъ	*slu	*slu	*slovǫ	*sloveši	*slovetь
Dual	*sluxově	*slusta	*sluste	*slovevě	*sloveta	*slovete
Plural	*sluxomъ	*sluste	*slušę	*slovemъ	*slovete	*slovǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slověaxъ	*slověaše	*slověaše	—	*slovi	*slovi
Dual	*slověaxově	*slověašeta	*slověašete	*slověvě	*slověta	—
Plural	*slověaxomъ	*slověašete	*slověaxǫ	*slověmъ	*slověte	—

Conjugation of *slyti, *sly, *slyvetь (impf., intr., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*slytьje	*slyti	*slytъ	*slylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*slyvъ	*slyvy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slyxъ	*sly	*sly	*slyvǫ	*slyveši	*slyvetь
Dual	*slyxově	*slysta	*slyste	*slyvevě	*slyveta	*slyvete
Plural	*slyxomъ	*slyste	*slyšę	*slyvemъ	*slyvete	*slyvǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slyvěaxъ	*slyvěaše	*slyvěaše	—	*slyvi	*slyvi
Dual	*slyvěaxově	*slyvěašeta	*slyvěašete	*slyvěvě	*slyvěta	—
Plural	*slyvěaxomъ	*slyvěašete	*slyvěaxǫ	*slyvěmъ	*slyvěte	—

Derived terms

*sloviti (“to put in words”)
- *prosloviti (“to resound, to glorify”)
- *bolgosloviti (“to bless”)
*uslovьje (“condition, proviso”)
*sъslovьje (“estate, social group”) (calque of Ancient Greek σύλλογος (súllogos, “assembly”))
*poslovica (“proverb”)

Descendants

From *sluti:

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: слути (sluti)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: слоути (sluti)
- Bulgarian: словя́ (slovjá) (obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: слу̏ти (obsolete), словити
  
  Latin script: slȕti (obsolete), sloviti
- Slovene: slúti (tonal orthography) (obsolete), sloveti
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: slúti
  - Czech: slout (archaic)
- Old Polish: słuć
- Slovak: sluť

From *slyti:

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: слыць (slycʹ)
- Russian: слыть (slytʹ)
- Ukrainian: сли́ти (slýty)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: słynąć
  - Polish: słynąć

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sluti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455: “v. ‘be called’”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “sluti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*slűti”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sluti: slovǫ slovetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 212f., 235; PR 139)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sluti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455: “v. ‘be called’”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “sluti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*slűti”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “sluti: slovǫ slovetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 204, 212f., 235; PR 139)”

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