Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/postignǫti
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
*postignǫti pf (imperfective *postigati)
- to achieve, to accomplish
- to comprehend
Inflection
Conjugation of *postignǫti, *postiže, *postignetь (perf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *postiženьje | *postignǫti | *postignǫtъ | *postiglъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *postiženъ | — |
| Active | *postigъ | — |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *postig(ox)ъ | *postiže | *postiže | *postignǫ | *postigneši | *postignetь |
| Dual | *postig(ox)ově | *postig(e/os)ta | *postig(e/os)te | *postignevě | *postigneta | *postignete |
| Plural | *postig(ox)omъ | *postig(e/os)te | *postigǫ, *postigošę | *postignemъ | *postignete | *postignǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | — | — | — | — | *postigni | *postigni |
| Dual | — | — | — | *postigněvě | *postigněta | — |
| Plural | — | — | — | *postigněmъ | *postigněte | — |
- Notes:
- Aorist *postigeste ⇒ *postižeste, ...
- In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: пости́гнуть (postígnutʹ), пости́чь (postíčʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: постигнѫти (postignǫti)
- Bulgarian: постигна (postigna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: постигнути, по̀стићи
- Latin script: pòstignuti, pòstići
- West Slavic:
- Czech: postihnout
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-стигать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress