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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svirati

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

Probably from *(s)kvьrъ +‎ *-ěti, itself of onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

*svirati impf[1]

  1. to whistle
  2. to play music

Conjugation
Conjugation of *svirati, *svira, *sviritь (impf., intr., -a/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*sviranьje *svirati *sviratъ *sviralъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive — —
Active *sviravъ *svirę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *sviraxъ*svira*svira *sviřǫ*sviriši*sviritь
Dual *sviraxově*svirasta*sviraste *svirivě*svirita*svirite
Plural *sviraxomъ*sviraste*svirašę *svirimъ*svirite*svirętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *sviraaxъ*sviraaše*sviraaše —*sviri*sviri
Dual *sviraaxově*sviraašeta*sviraašete *svirivě*svirita—
Plural *sviraaxomъ*sviraašete*sviraaxǫ *svirimъ*svirite—

Derived terms
  • *svirъka (“whistle, flute”)
  • *svirьcь (“music player”)
  • *sviračь (“musician”)
  • *svirělь (“pipe, svirel (musical instrument)”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: свирати (svirati)
    • Bulgarian: свиря (svirja)
    • Macedonian: свири (sviri)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: сви́рати
      Latin script: svírati
    • Slovene: svȋrati (tonal orthography)

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “svȋrati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*svira̋ti”
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