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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьbьtati

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

From *ščьbьtъ +‎ *-ati. Ultimately, according to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Verb

*ščьbьtati

  1. to chirp, to twitter

Inflection
Conjugation of *ščьbьtati, *ščьbьta, *ščьbьťetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*ščьbьtanьje *ščьbьtati *ščьbьtatъ *ščьbьtalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *ščьbьtanъ *ščьbьťemъ
Active *ščьbьtavъ *ščьbьťę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *ščьbьtaxъ*ščьbьta*ščьbьta *ščьbьťǫ*ščьbьťeši*ščьbьťetь
Dual *ščьbьtaxově*ščьbьtasta*ščьbьtaste *ščьbьťevě*ščьbьťeta*ščьbьťete
Plural *ščьbьtaxomъ*ščьbьtaste*ščьbьtašę *ščьbьťemъ*ščьbьťete*ščьbьťǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *ščьbьtaaxъ*ščьbьtaaše*ščьbьtaaše —*ščьbьťi*ščьbьťi
Dual *ščьbьtaaxově*ščьbьtaašeta*ščьbьtaašete *ščьbьťivě*ščьbьťita—
Plural *ščьbьtaaxomъ*ščьbьtaašete*ščьbьtaaxǫ *ščьbьťimъ*ščьbьťite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: щьбьтати (ščĭbĭtati)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: щьбьтати (štĭbĭtati)
      Glagolitic script: ⱋⱐⰱⱐⱅⰰⱅⰺ (štĭbĭtati)
    • Slovene: ščǝbǝtáti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: štěbetat
    • Polish: szczebiotać
    • Slovak: štеbоtаť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: šćebotać
      • Lower Sorbian: šćabotaś

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