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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščuplъ

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

Fossilized participle of *ščupati + *-lъ.

Adjective

*ščuplъ[1]

  1. touched, groped
  2. (in West Slavic, figurative) thin, slender
  3. (in East Slavic, figurative) puny, sickly

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *ščuplostь (slenderness)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: щуплъ (ščuplŭ)
      • Belarusian: шчу́плы (ščúply)
      • Russian: щу́плый (ščúplyj)
      • Ukrainian: щу́плий (ščúplyj)
        • Ukrainian: щупля́вий (ščupljávyj)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: štíplý
    • Polish: szczupły
    • Slovak: šťúply

References

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щуплый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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