Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytiti

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 *xytъ +‎ *-iti.

Related to *xvatati (“to grasp”).

Verb edit

*xytiti

to snatch?
to abduct?

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *xytiti, *xyti, *xytitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xyťenьje	*xytiti	*xytitъ	*xytilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xyťenъ	*xytimъ
Active	*xyťь	*xytę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xytixъ	*xyti	*xyti	*xyťǫ	*xytiši	*xytitь
Dual	*xytixově	*xytista	*xytiste	*xytivě	*xytita	*xytite
Plural	*xytixomъ	*xytiste	*xytišę	*xytimъ	*xytite	*xytętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xyťaaxъ	*xyťaaše	*xyťaaše	—	*xyti	*xyti
Dual	*xyťaaxově	*xyťaašeta	*xyťaašete	*xytivě	*xytita	—
Plural	*xyťaaxomъ	*xyťaašete	*xyťaaxǫ	*xytimъ	*xytite	—

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

Descendants edit

South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: хꙑтити (xytiti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱈⱏⰹⱅⰺⱅⰺ (xytiti)
  - → Middle Russian: хитить (xititʹ)
    - Russian: -хи́тить (-xítitʹ); хи́тить (xítitʹ) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: похитя̀ (pohitjà)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хи̏тити
  
  Latin script: hititi (to throw)
West Slavic
- Czech: chytit
- Old Polish: chycić
  - Polish: chwycić (contaminated by *xvatiti), chycić
- Slovak: сhуtiť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: chyśiś
  - Upper Sorbian: chyćić