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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьcati

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 early *sьkati by the Slavic progressive palatalization. By surface analysis, *sьk- +‎ *-ati. Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sikā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ-éh₂-ti, from *seykʷ-.[1]

Roots *sьk- : *sěk- : *sik-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sik- : *saik- : *seik-, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ- : *soykʷ- : *seykʷ- (“to moisten”).

Cognate with Sanskrit सिञ्चति (siñcáti, “to pour out”), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hiṇcaiti), 𐬵𐬌𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hicaiti, “to pour”), Old High German sīhan (“to strain, to drip”), German seichen (“to piss”), Ancient Greek ἷξαι (hîxai, “to strain, to filter”), Latin siat, sissiat (“(he) urinates”).

Verb

*sьcati impf[2]

  1. to piss, urinate

Inflection
Conjugation of *sьcati, *sьca, *sьčitь (impf., -a/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*sьcanьje *sьcati *sьcatъ *sьcalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *sьcanъ *sьčimъ
Active *sьcavъ *sьčę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *sьcaxъ*sьca*sьca *sьčǫ*sьčiši*sьčitь
Dual *sьcaxově*sьcasta*sьcaste *sьčivě*sьčita*sьčite
Plural *sьcaxomъ*sьcaste*sьcašę *sьčimъ*sьčite*sьčętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *sьcaaxъ*sьcaaše*sьcaaše —*sьči*sьči
Dual *sьcaaxově*sьcaašeta*sьcaašete *sьčivě*sьčita—
Plural *sьcaaxomъ*sьcaašete*sьcaaxǫ *sьčimъ*sьčite—
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ-‎ (0 c, 10 e)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *сьцати (*sĭcati)
      • Old Ruthenian: *сцати (*scati)
        • Belarusian: сцаць (scacʹ), сцяць (scjacʹ), шчаць (ščacʹ), сца́цца (scácca)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: стя́ти (stjáty)
        • Ukrainian: сця́ти (scjáty); ща́ти (ščáty) (dialectal)
      • Russian: сцать (scatʹ), ссать (ssatʹ)
    • Old Novgorodian: *ськати (*sĭkati)
      • ⇒ Russian: сёкать (sjókatʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: сьцати (sĭcati)
      Glagolitic script: ⱄⱐⱌⰰⱅⰻ (sĭcati)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: сцати (dialectal)
      Latin script: scati (dialectal)
    • Slovene: scáti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: scáti
    • Polish: szczać
    • Slovak: šťať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: šcaś, scaś
      • Upper Sorbian: šćeć, sćeć

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sīhwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sьcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485: “v. ‘piss’”

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1972) “сцать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 815
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сцяти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 492
  • Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2010), “сцаць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 13 (су- – трапка́ч), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 89
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