Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/značiti

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 *znakъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb edit

*značiti

to mean?

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *značiti, *znači, *značitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*značenьje	*značiti	*značitъ	*značilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*značenъ	*značimъ
Active	*značь	*značę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*značixъ	*znači	*znači	*značǫ	*značiši	*značitь
Dual	*značixově	*značista	*značiste	*značivě	*značita	*značite
Plural	*značixomъ	*značiste	*značišę	*značimъ	*značite	*značętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*značaaxъ	*značaaše	*značaaše	—	*znači	*znači
Dual	*značaaxově	*značaašeta	*značaašete	*značivě	*značita	—
Plural	*značaaxomъ	*značaašete	*značaaxǫ	*značimъ	*značite	—

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

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: зна́чыць (znáčycʹ)
- Russian: зна́чить (znáčitʹ)
- Ukrainian: зна́чити (znáčyty)
South Slavic
- Bulgarian: зна́ча (znáča)
- Macedonian: значи (znači)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зна́чити
  
  Latin script: znáčiti
- Slovene: znáčiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Czech: značit
- East Lechitic:
  - Polish: znaczyć
  - Silesian: znaczyć
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: znaczëc
  - Slovincian: znaczic
- Slovak: značiť