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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kytiti

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

*kỳta (“bunch”) +‎ *-iti

Verb

*kỳtiti impf

  1. to bundle, to stack
    → to form a bouquet
    → to decorate, to adorn

Conjugation
Conjugation of *kytiti, *kyti, *kytitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*kyťenьje *kytiti *kytitъ *kytilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *kyťenъ *kytimъ
Active *kyťь *kytę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *kytixъ*kyti*kyti *kyťǫ*kytiši*kytitь
Dual *kytixově*kytista*kytiste *kytivě*kytita*kytite
Plural *kytixomъ*kytiste*kytišę *kytimъ*kytite*kytętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *kyťaaxъ*kyťaaše*kyťaaše —*kyti*kyti
Dual *kyťaaxově*kyťaašeta*kyťaašete *kytivě*kytita—
Plural *kyťaaxomъ*kyťaašete*kyťaaxǫ *kytimъ*kytite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*kytivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms
  • *kytьnъ (“pretty, adorned”)
  • *kytьje (“sheaf”)
  • *kytežь (“stacking, decoration”)
  • *kyčiti (“to hang, to decorate”)
  • *kytъ (“sheaf, decoration”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: кити́ти (kytýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: *кꙑтити (*kytiti)
      ⇒ Romanian: chiti (“to decorate”)
    • Bulgarian: ки́тя (kítja)
    • Macedonian: кити (kiti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ки̏тити
      Latin script: kȉtiti
    • Slovene: kítiti

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kytiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 281
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “китя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 399
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “kítiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
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