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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nejęsytь
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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
Per Shapiro, possibly composed of Proto-Indo-European *ne-h₁m-seh₂-tis, equivalent to *ne- (“not”) + *ęti (“to take”) + *sytь (“satiation”), perhaps meaning something like “the insatiable taker”.
Declension
Declension of *nejęsytь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *nejęsytь | *nejęsyti | *nejęsyti |
| Accusative | *nejęsytь | *nejęsyti | *nejęsyti |
| Genitive | *nejęsyti | *nejęsytьju, *nejęsyťu* | *nejęsytьjь, *nejęsyti* |
| Locative | *nejęsyti | *nejęsytьju, *nejęsyťu* | *nejęsytьxъ |
| Dative | *nejęsyti | *nejęsytьma | *nejęsytьmъ |
| Instrumental | *nejęsytьjǫ, *nejęsyťǫ* | *nejęsytьma | *nejęsytьmi |
| Vocative | *nejęsyti | *nejęsyti | *nejęsyti |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
References
- Shapiro, Michael (1982), “Slavonic *nejęsytь ‘pelican’: The perpetuation of a Septuagintal solecism”, in The Slavonic and East European Review, volume 60, pages 161–171
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nejęsytь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “неясы́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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