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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stiťi

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stéigtei, from Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti, from the root *steygʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian steĩgti (“to organize, to found, to produce, (dialectal) to want, to hurry”), steĩgtis (“to hurry up, to try”), Latvian stèigt (“to hurry”), stèigtiês (“to hurry”). Further akin to Sanskrit स्तिघ्नोति (stighnoti, “to rise”), Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō, “to walk, to march”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (steigan, “to climb”), Old Irish tíagu (“I go, I walk”), Albanian shteg (“road”).

Verb

*sti̋ťi pf (imperfective *stigati)[1][2]

  1. to attain
  2. to catch up with, to reach

Alternative forms

Inflection
Conjugation of *stiťi, *stiže, *stižetь (perf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*stiženьje *stiťi *stiťь *stiglъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *stiženъ —
Active *stigъ —
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *stig(ox)ъ*stiže*stiže *stigǫ*stižeši*stižetь
Dual *stig(ox)ově*stig(e/os)ta*stig(e/os)te *stiževě*stižeta*stižete
Plural *stig(ox)omъ*stig(e/os)te*stigǫ, *stigošę *stižemъ*stižete*stigǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular ——— —*stidzi*stidzi
Dual ——— *stidzěvě*stidzěta—
Plural ——— *stidzěmъ*stidzěte—
Conjugation of *stiťi, *stignǫ, *stignetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*stiženьje *stiťi *stiťь *stignǫlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *stignovenъ —
Active *stignǫvъ —
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *stignǫxъ*stignǫ*stignǫ *stignǫ*stigneši*stignetь
Dual *stignǫxově*stignǫsta*stignǫste *stignevě*stigneta*stignete
Plural *stignǫxomъ*stignǫste*stignǫšę *stignemъ*stignete*stignǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular ——— —*stigni*stigni
Dual ——— *stigněvě*stigněta—
Plural ——— *stigněmъ*stigněte—
    Notes:
  • In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms
  • *dostiťi (“to reach up”) < *do- + *stiťi
  • *postiťi (“to accomplish”) < *po- + *stiťi
  • *nastiťi (“to catch up”) < *na- + *stiťi
  • *zastiťi (“to overtake”) < *za- + *stiťi
  • *pristiťi (“to arrive”) < *pri- + *stiťi

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *стичи (*stiči) (1399)
      • ⇒ Old East Slavic: *достищи (*dostišči)
      • Russian: -сти́чь (-stíčʹ)
      • Ukrainian: -сти́гти (-stýhty), сти́жити (stýžyty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: сти́же (stíže, “suffices, comes up”) (dialectal, fossilized 3p. sg.)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: сти̏ћи
      Latin script: stȉći

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*stigti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 467
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “stigniti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *sti̋t'i”

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-стичь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “стигнути¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 414
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стижа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 457
  • “steigti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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