Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xyliti

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 *xylъ (“frail, ailing”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*xyliti

to contort, to succumb (to give away under pressure)
to tilt, to slant (in the direction of an applied force)

Inflection

Conjugation of *xyliti, *xyli, *xylitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xyľenьje	*xyliti	*xylitъ	*xylilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xyľenъ	*xylimъ
Active	*xyľь	*xylę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xylixъ	*xyli	*xyli	*xyľǫ	*xyliši	*xylitь
Dual	*xylixově	*xylista	*xyliste	*xylivě	*xylita	*xylite
Plural	*xylixomъ	*xyliste	*xylišę	*xylimъ	*xylite	*xylętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xyľaaxъ	*xyľaaše	*xyľaaše	—	*xyli	*xyli
Dual	*xyľaaxově	*xyľaašeta	*xyľaašete	*xylivě	*xylita	—
Plural	*xyľaaxomъ	*xyľaašete	*xyľaaxǫ	*xylimъ	*xylite	—

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

Related terms

*xylěti (“to languish”)
*xylostь (“frailty”)
*xylъkъ, *xylavъ (“feeble”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: хiлíць (xilícʹ)
- Russian: хили́ть (xilítʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: хили́ти (xylýty)
South Slavic
- Slovene: híliti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Kashubian: chilëc
- Old Czech: chýliti
  - Czech: chýlit
- Old Polish: chylić
  - Polish: chylić
- Slovak: chyliť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: chyliś
  - Upper Sorbian: khilić

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xyliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 155
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хи́лый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress