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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsati

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 forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *peiśtei or *peiśātei, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, color, paint, decorate, embroider”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian piẽšti (piešiù), paišýti (paišaũ), Old Prussian peisāi, (peisāton).

Verb

*pьsati[1][2]

  1. to draw, depict
    Synonym: *čьrtati
  2. to write

Conjugation
Conjugation of *pьsati, *pьsa, *pišetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*pьsanьje *pьsati *pьsatъ *pьsalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *pьsanъ *pišemъ
Active *pьsavъ *pišę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *pьsaxъ*pьsa*pьsa *pišǫ*pišeši*pišetь
Dual *pьsaxově*pьsasta*pьsaste *piševě*pišeta*pišete
Plural *pьsaxomъ*pьsaste*pьsašę *pišemъ*pišete*pišǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *pьsaaxъ*pьsaaše*pьsaaše —*piši*piši
Dual *pьsaaxově*pьsaašeta*pьsaašete *pišivě*pišita—
Plural *pьsaaxomъ*pьsaašete*pьsaaxǫ *pišimъ*pišite—

See also

Derived terms
  • *pisadlo (“pencil”)
  • *pisuľa
  • *napisati (“to write (down)”)
  • *pьsanьje (“writing; that which is written”)
  • *pisьmo (“writing, letter”)
  • *otъpisati (“to write off”)
  • *pьstrъ (“colourful”)
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ-‎ (1 c, 0 e)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Савва Михайлович (2012), “22 Древнерусских глаголических надписи-граффити XI–XII веков из Новгорода” in Slovo, vol. 62, pp. 63-99.
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “писать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “писать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 35
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “писати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 938

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьsàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 430
  2. Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 6: “*pъsa̋ti”
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