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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skuti

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 earlier *skubti < Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaub⁽ˀ⁾téi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewbʰ-. Related to Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”) (n-infix present), Latvian skubinât (“to urge, to push”). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”), Persian آشفتن (âšoftan, “to agitate”), Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, “to shake”).

Verb

skutì impf (perfective *skubnǫti)[1]

  1. to pluck
  2. to pull, to tug (hair, weeds)

Alternative forms
  • *skubti (earlier non-contracted form)
  • *skubati

Conjugation
Conjugation of *skuti, *skube, *skubetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*skubenьje *skuti *skutъ *skublъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *skubenъ *skubomъ
Active *skubъ *skuby
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *skub(ox)ъ*skube*skube *skubǫ*skubeši*skubetь
Dual *skub(ox)ově*skub(e/os)ta*skub(e/os)te *skubevě*skubeta*skubete
Plural *skub(ox)omъ*skub(e/os)te*skubǫ, *skubošę *skubemъ*skubete*skubǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *skuběaxъ*skuběaše*skuběaše —*skubi*skubi
Dual *skuběaxově*skuběašeta*skuběašete *skuběvě*skuběta—
Plural *skuběaxomъ*skuběašete*skuběaxǫ *skuběmъ*skuběte—

Derived terms
  • *skubiti (causative)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ску́бці (skúbci)
    • Russian: скусть (skustʹ); (dialectal) скубти́ (skubtí)
    • Ukrainian: ску́бти (skúbty); (dialectal) ску́бсти́ (skúbstý)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ску́псти
      Latin script: skúpsti
    • Slovene: skúbsti
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: skústi

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скубу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “скубти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 289
  • “skubti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “skúbsti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sku(b)ti̋”
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