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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plyti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *plū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)-. Cognate with Lithuanian plū́ti (“to flow”).

Verb

*plỳti impf[1]

  1. to swim
  2. to float, to sail

Alternative forms

Inflection
Conjugation of *plyti, *ply, *plyvetь (impf., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*plytьje *plyti *plytъ *plylъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *plytъ *plyvomъ
Active *plyvъ *plyvy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *plyxъ*ply*ply *plyvǫ*plyveši*plyvetь
Dual *plyxově*plysta*plyste *plyvevě*plyveta*plyvete
Plural *plyxomъ*plyste*plyšę *plyvemъ*plyvete*plyvǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *plyvěaxъ*plyvěaše*plyvěaše —*plyvi*plyvi
Dual *plyvěaxově*plyvěašeta*plyvěašete *plyvěvě*plyvěta—
Plural *plyvěaxomъ*plyvěašete*plyvěaxǫ *plyvěmъ*plyvěte—

Derived terms
  • *plytvъ, *plytъkъ (“shallow, suitable for floating”)
  • *plyska (“body of water”)
  • *plyvъ (“flow, flood”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: плыць (plycʹ), плы́сці (plýsci)
    • Russian: плыть (plytʹ)
    • Ukrainian: плисти́ (plystý), пливти́ (plyvtý)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плѝвам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 351

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plỳti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 407: “v. (a) 'swim, sail'”
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