Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmetati

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

From *sъ(n)- +‎ *metati (“to throw”).

Verb

*sъmetati pf^[1]^[2]

(transitive) to collect, to gather

Inflection

Conjugation of *sъmetati, *sъmeta, *sъmeťetь (perf., tr., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sъmetanьje	*sъmetati	*sъmetatъ	*sъmetalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sъmetanъ	—
Active	*sъmetavъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъmetaxъ	*sъmeta	*sъmeta	*sъmeťǫ	*sъmeťeši	*sъmeťetь
Dual	*sъmetaxově	*sъmetasta	*sъmetaste	*sъmeťevě	*sъmeťeta	*sъmeťete
Plural	*sъmetaxomъ	*sъmetaste	*sъmetašę	*sъmeťemъ	*sъmeťete	*sъmeťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*sъmeťi	*sъmeťi
Dual	—	—	—	*sъmeťivě	*sъmeťita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*sъmeťimъ	*sъmeťite	—

In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms

*sъmetana

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: съметати (sŭmetati)
  - Russian: смета́ть (smetátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: съметати (sŭmetati)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⰿⰵⱅⰰⱅⰻ (sŭmetati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: смѐтати
  
  Latin script: smètati
- Slovene: zmetáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: smetati, zmetati
- Old Polish: zmiotać, zmietać
  - Polish: zmiotać
- Slovak: zmetať
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: zmjetać
  - Lower Sorbian: zmjataś

References

^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “смятана”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “śmietana”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 618

[1] Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “смятана”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka

[2] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “śmietana”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 618

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