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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *peiśtei or *peiśātei, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, color, paint, decorate, embroider”).
Baltic cognates include
Lithuanian piẽšti (piešiù), paišýti (paišaũ),
Old Prussian peisāi, (peisāton).
Verb
*pьsati[1][2]
- to draw, depict
- Synonym: *čьrtati
- to write
Conjugation
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*pьsanьje
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*pьsati
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*pьsatъ
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*pьsalъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*pьsanъ
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*pišemъ
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Active
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*pьsavъ
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*pišę
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*pьsaxъ |
*pьsa |
*pьsa
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*pišǫ |
*pišeši |
*pišetь
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Dual
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*pьsaxově |
*pьsasta |
*pьsaste
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*piševě |
*pišeta |
*pišete
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Plural
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*pьsaxomъ |
*pьsaste |
*pьsašę
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*pišemъ |
*pišete |
*pišǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*pьsaaxъ |
*pьsaaše |
*pьsaaše
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*piši |
*piši
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Dual
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*pьsaaxově |
*pьsaašeta |
*pьsaašete
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*pišivě |
*pišita |
—
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Plural
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*pьsaaxomъ |
*pьsaašete |
*pьsaaxǫ
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*pišimъ |
*pišite |
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See also
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “писать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “писать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 35
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “писати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 938
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьsàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 6: “*pъsa̋ti”