Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skolbiti

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

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Distantly cognate with Old Norse skelpa (“grimace”, literally “crack”).

Verb

*skolbiti (sę)

1. (reflexive) to smile, to grin

Inflection

Conjugation of *skolbiti, *skolbi, *skolbitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*skolbľenьje	*skolbiti	*skolbitъ	*skolbilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*skolbľenъ	*skolbimъ
Active	*skolbľь	*skolbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skolbixъ	*skolbi	*skolbi	*skolbľǫ	*skolbiši	*skolbitь
Dual	*skolbixově	*skolbista	*skolbiste	*skolbivě	*skolbita	*skolbite
Plural	*skolbixomъ	*skolbiste	*skolbišę	*skolbimъ	*skolbite	*skolbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skolbľaaxъ	*skolbľaaše	*skolbľaaše	—	*skolbi	*skolbi
Dual	*skolbľaaxově	*skolbľaašeta	*skolbľaašete	*skolbivě	*skolbita	—
Plural	*skolbľaaxomъ	*skolbľaašete	*skolbľaaxǫ	*skolbimъ	*skolbite	—

Notes:
• (*)*skolbivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old East Slavic: осколобление (oskoloblenije, “smile”)
    • Ukrainian: сколо́бити (skolóbyty, “to torture”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: склабити (sklabiti)

    • → Russian: оскла́бить (osklábitʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šklebit, ošklíbat
  • ⇒ Middle Polish: skłobiony
  • Slovak: skľabiť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “оскла́биться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-скла́биться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress