Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kositi
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Reflects the causative Proto-Indo-European *kos-eyé-ti of Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to castrate”)/*kes- (“to scratch, to comb”), equivalent to *kosъ (“skew, slanted”) + *-iti. Possibly akin to Latin careō (“to lack, to be separated”), Latin castrō (“to castrate, to prune”).
Verb
*kosìti impf
Inflection
Conjugation of *kositi, *kosi, *kositь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *košenьje | *kositi | *kositъ | *kosilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *košenъ | *kosimъ |
| Active | *košь | *kosę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kosixъ | *kosi | *kosi | *košǫ | *kosiši | *kositь |
| Dual | *kosixově | *kosista | *kosiste | *kosivě | *kosita | *kosite |
| Plural | *kosixomъ | *kosiste | *kosišę | *kosimъ | *kosite | *kosętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *košaaxъ | *košaaše | *košaaše | — | *kosi | *kosi |
| Dual | *košaaxově | *košaašeta | *košaašete | *kosivě | *kosita | — |
| Plural | *košaaxomъ | *košaašete | *košaaxǫ | *kosimъ | *kosite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*kosivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *kosъ (“skew, slanted”)
- *xudъ (“weak, meager”)
- *kosa (“scythe”)
- *kosica (“scalpel, small chisel”)
- *kostrьcь (“perch (Perca fluviatilis)”)
- *kostьřava (“meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)”)
- *kosturъ (“blade, knife without handle”)
Derived terms
- *kositьba (“mowing”)
- *kosьba (“mowing”)
- *kosišče (“mowing, haymaking”)
- *kosivo (“mowed grass, result of mowing”)
- *kosidlo (“sheaf ready for mowing”)
- *kosačь (“mower (agent)”)
- *kosьcь (“mower (agent/tool)”)
- *kosařь (“mower (agent)”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kositi (I, II)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 143
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кося”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 668
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “kosīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si