Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gatiti

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 *gatъ, *gatь (“type of barrier or border”) +‎ *-iti, formally a causative-iterative extension of Proto-Balto-Slavic *gā́ˀtei (“to go, to proceed”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”).

Verb

*gatìti impf

1. to tramp, to traverse over (hindrance, obstable, boundary along a path)
2. to wade

   Synonym: *gaziti

Alternative forms

• *gačiti (expressive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gatiti, *gati, *gatitь (?, intr., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gaťenьje	*gatiti	*gatitъ	*gatilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*gaťь	*gatę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gatixъ	*gati	*gati	*gaťǫ	*gatiši	*gatitь
Dual	*gatixově	*gatista	*gatiste	*gativě	*gatita	*gatite
Plural	*gatixomъ	*gatiste	*gatišę	*gatimъ	*gatite	*gatętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gaťaaxъ	*gaťaaše	*gaťaaše	—	*gati	*gati
Dual	*gaťaaxově	*gaťaašeta	*gaťaašete	*gativě	*gatita	—
Plural	*gaťaaxomъ	*gaťaašete	*gaťaaxǫ	*gatimъ	*gatite	—

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

Derived terms

• *nagatiti
• *sъgatiti
• *zagatiti
• *gaťa, *gaťьna (“hard to pass place”)

Related terms

• *gaziti, *gacati (“to wade, to trample”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: га́ціць (hácicʹ) (dialectal)
  • Russian: гати́ть (gatítʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: га́тити (hátyty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: га̀тити

    Latin script: gàtiti

  • Slovene: gátiti, gáčiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hatit
  • Polish: gacić (obsolete)
  • Slovak: hatiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: gaśiś
    • Upper Sorbian: gaćić

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gatiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 105
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гашна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 233