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.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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

Verb

*sijati impf

1. to shine, to illuminate

   Synonyms: *světiti, *ozariti

Alternative forms

• *sьjati

Inflection

Conjugation of *sijati, *sě, *sějetь (impf., intr., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sětьje	*sijati	*sijatъ	*sělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*sěvъ	*sěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sěxъ	*sě	*sě	*sějǫ	*sěješi	*sějetь
Dual	*sěxově	*sěsta	*sěste	*sějevě	*sějeta	*sějete
Plural	*sěxomъ	*sěste	*sěšę	*sějemъ	*sějete	*sějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sěaxъ	*sěaše	*sěaše	—	*sěji	*sěji
Dual	*sěaxově	*sěašeta	*sěašete	*sějivě	*sějita	—
Plural	*sěaxomъ	*sěašete	*sěaxǫ	*sějimъ	*sějite	—

Conjugation of *sijati, *sija, *sijajetь (impf., intr., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sijanьje	*sijati	*sijatъ	*sijalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*sijavъ	*sijaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sijaxъ	*sija	*sija	*sijajǫ	*sijaješi	*sijajetь
Dual	*sijaxově	*sijasta	*sijaste	*sijajevě	*sijajeta	*sijajete
Plural	*sijaxomъ	*sijaste	*sijašę	*sijajemъ	*sijajete	*sijajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sijaaxъ	*sijaaše	*sijaaše	—	*sijaji	*sijaji
Dual	*sijaaxově	*sijaašeta	*sijaašete	*sijajivě	*sijajita	—
Plural	*sijaaxomъ	*sijaašete	*sijaaxǫ	*sijajimъ	*sijajite	—

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• *sěvati (“to irradiate”)

Descendants

• 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: [Term?]

  • 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”)

Further reading

• 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), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 712