Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sijati

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shine”), related to Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”), Proto-Germanic *skīmarōną (“to shimmer”). Both root thematic^[1] and secondary stative^[2] conjugation in *-jati are attested, with no difference in meaning.

*sijati impf^[3][4]

1. to shine, to illuminate

   Synonyms: *světiti, *ozariti

• *sьjati

• *sijajьnъ (“radiant, bright”)
• *sinica (“tit”)
• *siňь (“blue, glaucus”)
• *sivъ (“gray, faint”) (possibly)
• *sojь (“shady”) (possibly)
  • *osojь (“shady place”)
  • *soja, *sojьka (“jay”)

• *sěvati (“to irradiate”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сиꙗти (sijati)
    • Belarusian: ззяць (zzjacʹ)
    • Russian: сия́ть (sijátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ся́яти (sjájaty), ся́ти (sjáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сиꙗти (sijati)

    Glagolitic script:

  • Bulgarian: сия́я (sijája), осе́я (oséja)
  • Macedonian: сјае (sjae)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сѝјати, сја̏ти

    Latin script: sìjati, sjȁti

  • Slovene: sijáti
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: sëjac (“illuminate”)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сия́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сияя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 712