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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)kvьrčěti

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

Of onomatopoeic origin, formed as *(s)kvьrъ (“creak, squeak”) +‎ *-čěti. The daughter languages, which lost the s-mobile, have undergone second palatalization of the onset cluster *kvь- > *cvь-.

Verb

*(s)kvьrčěti impf

  1. to squeak

Inflection
Conjugation of *(s)kvьrčěti, *(s)kvьrčě, *(s)kvьrčitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*(s)kvьrčěnьje *(s)kvьrčěti *(s)kvьrčětъ *(s)kvьrčělъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive — —
Active *(s)kvьrčěvъ *(s)kvьrčę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *(s)kvьrčěxъ*(s)kvьrčě*(s)kvьrčě *(s)kvьrčǫ*(s)kvьrčiši*(s)kvьrčitь
Dual *(s)kvьrčěxově*(s)kvьrčěsta*(s)kvьrčěste *(s)kvьrčivě*(s)kvьrčita*(s)kvьrčite
Plural *(s)kvьrčěxomъ*(s)kvьrčěste*(s)kvьrčěšę *(s)kvьrčimъ*(s)kvьrčite*(s)kvьrčętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *(s)kvьrčěaxъ*(s)kvьrčěaše*(s)kvьrčěaše —*(s)kvьrči*(s)kvьrči
Dual *(s)kvьrčěaxově*(s)kvьrčěašeta*(s)kvьrčěašete *(s)kvьrčivě*(s)kvьrčita—
Plural *(s)kvьrčěaxomъ*(s)kvьrčěašete*(s)kvьrčěaxǫ *(s)kvьrčimъ*(s)kvьrčite—

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: свірча́ць (svirčácʹ)
    • Russian: сверчать (sverčatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: цвірча́ти (cvirčáty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: свръчати (svrŭčati)
    • Bulgarian: цвърча (cvǎrča)
    • Serbo-Croatian: цвр́чати
    • Slovene: cvrčáti, svŕčati
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: cvrčeti, svrčeti
    • Kashubian: czwierczec
    • Polish: ćwierczeć, skwierczeć
    • Slovak: svrčаt᾽

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