Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьpъtati

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

Derived from *šьpъtъ. Ultimately, according to Vasmer, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*šьpъtati

  1. to whisper

Inflection

Conjugation of *šьpъtati, *šьpъta, *šьpъťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*šьpъtanьje *šьpъtati *šьpъtatъ *šьpъtalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *šьpъtanъ *šьpъťemъ
Active *šьpъtavъ *šьpъťę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *šьpъtaxъ *šьpъta *šьpъta *šьpъťǫ *šьpъťeši *šьpъťetь
Dual *šьpъtaxově *šьpъtasta *šьpъtaste *šьpъťevě *šьpъťeta *šьpъťete
Plural *šьpъtaxomъ *šьpъtaste *šьpъtašę *šьpъťemъ *šьpъťete *šьpъťǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *šьpъtaaxъ *šьpъtaaše *šьpъtaaše — *šьpъťi *šьpъťi
Dual *šьpъtaaxově *šьpъtaašeta *šьpъtaašete *šьpъťivě *šьpъťita —
Plural *šьpъtaaxomъ *šьpъtaašete *šьpъtaaxǫ *šьpъťimъ *šьpъťite —

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: шаптаць (šaptacʹ)
    • Russian: шептать (šeptatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: шептати (šeptaty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: šeptati
    • Old Polish: szeptać
    • Slovak: šерtаť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: šерtаś
      • Upper Sorbian: šерtас́

Further reading

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