Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těšiti

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *taisītei. Compare *tixъ (“quiet, still”). Cognate with Latvian taisīt and Lithuanian taisýti.

Verb

*těšiti

(transitive) to calm, to soothe, to suckle, to quieten
(transitive) to comfort, to console

Inflection

Conjugation of *těšiti, *těši, *těšitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*těšenьje	*těšiti	*těšitъ	*těšilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*těšenъ	*těšimъ
Active	*těšь	*těšę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*těšixъ	*těši	*těši	*těšǫ	*těšiši	*těšitь
Dual	*těšixově	*těšista	*těšiste	*těšivě	*těšita	*těšite
Plural	*těšixomъ	*těšiste	*těšišę	*těšimъ	*těšite	*těšętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*těšaaxъ	*těšaaše	*těšaaše	—	*těši	*těši
Dual	*těšaaxově	*těšaašeta	*těšaašete	*těšivě	*těšita	—
Plural	*těšaaxomъ	*těšaašete	*těšaaxǫ	*těšimъ	*těšite	—

(*)*těšivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

adjective

*tixъ

noun

*tišina

Descendants

East Slavic
- Old East Slavic: тѣшити (těšiti)
  - ⇒ Belarusian: пацяшаць (pacjašacʹ)
  - Russian: те́шить (téšitʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ті́шити (tíšyty)
South Slavic
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: оутѣшити (utěšiti)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: утеша̀ (utešà)
  - Macedonian: теши (teši)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: те̏шити, ће̏шити, тје̏шити
  
  Latin script: tȅšiti, ćȅšiti, tjȅšiti
- Slovene: tẹ́šiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Czech: těšit
- Old Polish: cieszyć
  - Polish: cieszyć
  - Silesian: cieszyć
- Slovak: tešiť
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: ceszëc
  - Slovincian: cêszëc
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: śěšyś
  - Upper Sorbian: ćěšić