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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/počiti

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 *po- +‎ *čiti,[1] from the root *kʷyeh₁-. Akin to Sanskrit चिर (cirá, “long”), Avestan 𐬱𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬨 (šāitim, “happiness”), Latin quiēs (“rest”), Latin tranquīlus, tranquillus (“tranquil”), Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“pause, while”).

Verb

*počìti pf[2][3]

  1. to rest

Inflection
Conjugation of *počiti, *poči, *počijetь (perf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*počitьje *počiti *počitъ *počilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *počitъ —
Active *počivъ —
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *počixъ*poči*poči *počijǫ*počiješi*počijetь
Dual *počixově*počista*počiste *počijevě*počijeta*počijete
Plural *počixomъ*počiste*počišę *počijemъ*počijete*počijǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular ——— —*počiji*počiji
Dual ——— *počijivě*počijita—
Plural ——— *počijimъ*počijite—
    Notes:
  • In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: (спачы́ць (spačýcʹ))
    • Russian: почи́ть (počítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: почи́ти (počýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: почити (počiti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Slovene: počíti (tonal orthography)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “почи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “почи́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 63

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “-čiti: -čijǫ -čijetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a hvile (SA 204; PR 133; MP 27)”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*počìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 408
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “počíti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *poči̋ti, sed. *poči̋jǫ”
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