Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъmotriti

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

Alternative forms

*sъmotrěti

Etymology

From *sъ(n)- +‎ *motrìti.

Verb

*sъmotrìti^[1]^[2]

to look at, watch

Inflection

Conjugation of *sъmotriti, *sъmotri, *sъmotritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sъmotřenьje	*sъmotriti	*sъmotritъ	*sъmotrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sъmotřenъ	*sъmotrimъ
Active	*sъmotřь	*sъmotrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъmotrixъ	*sъmotri	*sъmotri	*sъmotřǫ	*sъmotriši	*sъmotritь
Dual	*sъmotrixově	*sъmotrista	*sъmotriste	*sъmotrivě	*sъmotrita	*sъmotrite
Plural	*sъmotrixomъ	*sъmotriste	*sъmotrišę	*sъmotrimъ	*sъmotrite	*sъmotrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sъmotřaaxъ	*sъmotřaaše	*sъmotřaaše	—	*sъmotri	*sъmotri
Dual	*sъmotřaaxově	*sъmotřaašeta	*sъmotřaašete	*sъmotrivě	*sъmotrita	—
Plural	*sъmotřaaxomъ	*sъmotřaašete	*sъmotřaaxǫ	*sъmotrimъ	*sъmotrite	—

(*)*sъmotrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: съмотрити (sŭmotriti), съмотрѣти (sŭmotrěti)
  - Old Ruthenian: смотри́ти (smotríti), смотрѣ́ти (smotrě́ti)
    - Belarusian: сматрэ́ць (smatrécʹ) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: смотрі́ти (smotríty), смотри́ти (smotrýty) (dialectal)
  - Russian: смотре́ть (smotrétʹ), смотрѣ́ть (smotrě́tʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    - Russenorsk: smotrom
    - Solombala English: смотромъ (smotrom)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: съмотрити (sŭmotriti), съмотрꙗти (sŭmotrjati), съматрꙗти (sŭmatrjati)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⰿⱁⱅⱃⰻⱅⰻ (sŭmotriti), ⱄⱏⰿⱁⱅⱃⱑⱅⰻ (sŭmotrěti), ⱄⱏⰿⰰⱅⱃⱑⱅⰻ (sŭmatrěti)
- Bulgarian: смо́тря pf (smótrja) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ сма́трям impf (smátrjam), смотря́вам impf (smotrjávam) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сма̏трити, сма́трати, смо̏трен
  
  Latin script: smȁtriti, smátrati, smȍtren
- Slovene: smátrati (tonal orthography); smotrìv (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Polish: smotrzyć, smatrzyć (dialectal)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65: “*sъmotrěti; *sъmotriti ― *sʺmotrěti; *sʺmotriti”
^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “смотріти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 328: “*sъmotriti ― *sʺmotriti”

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65: “*sъmotrěti; *sъmotriti ― *sʺmotrěti; *sʺmotriti”

[2] Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “смотріти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 328: “*sъmotriti ― *sʺmotriti”

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