Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stignǫti
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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
- *stiťi (infinitive only)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian steĩgti (“to found, to produce”), steĩgtis (“to hurry up, to try”), 1sg. steigiúos, Latvian stèigt (“to hurry”), 1sg. stèidzu, Sanskrit स्तिघ्नोति (stighnóti, “to rise”), Ancient Greek στείχω (steíkhō, “to walk, to march”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (steigan, “to climb”), Old Irish tíagaim (“to walk, to go”), Albanian shteg (“path”).
Verb
*stìgnǫti
- to attain
- to catch up with, to reach
Inflection
Conjugation of *stignǫti, *stignǫ, *stignetь (?, -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *stignovenьje | *stignǫti | *stignǫtъ | *stignǫlъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *stignovenъ | *stignomъ |
| Active | *stignǫvъ | *stigny |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *stignǫxъ | *stignǫ | *stignǫ | *stignǫ | *stigneši | *stignetь |
| Dual | *stignǫxově | *stignǫsta | *stignǫste | *stignevě | *stigneta | *stignete |
| Plural | *stignǫxomъ | *stignǫste | *stignǫšę | *stignemъ | *stignete | *stignǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *stigněaxъ | *stigněaše | *stigněaše | — | *stigni | *stigni |
| Dual | *stigněaxově | *stigněašeta | *stigněašete | *stigněvě | *stigněta | — |
| Plural | *stigněaxomъ | *stigněašete | *stigněaxǫ | *stigněmъ | *stigněte | — |
Related terms
- *stiťi (“to attach, to catch up with, to reach”)
- *stьdzà, *stьgna (“path”)
- *postignǫti (“to achieve, to accomplish; to comprehend”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -стигнꙋти (-stignuti), e.g. достигнꙋти (dostignuti)
- Russian: -сти́гнуть (-stígnutʹ), e.g. пости́гнуть (postígnutʹ)
- Ukrainian: сти́гнути (stýhnuty)
- Old East Slavic: -стигнꙋти (-stignuti), e.g. достигнꙋти (dostignuti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: -стигнѫти (-stignǫti), e.g. постигнѫти (postignǫti)
- Glagolitic: ⱂⱁⱄⱅⰻⰳⱀⱘⱅⰻ (postignǫti)
- Bulgarian: сти́гна (stígna)
- Macedonian: сти́гне (stígne)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: stígniti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*stìgnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-стигать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “достига́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 264