Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *sьkati by the Slavic progressive palatalization, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ-, from *seykʷ-. Cognate with Sanskrit सिञ्चति (siñcáti, “to pour out”), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hiṇcaiti), 𐬵𐬌𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hicaiti, “to pour”), Old High German sīhan (“to strain, to drip”), German seichen (“to piss”), Ancient Greek ἷξαι (hîxai, “to strain, to filter”) (found in Hesychius of Alexandria), Latin siat, sissiat (“(he) urinates”).
Verb
*sьcati impf
- to piss
Inflection
Conjugation of
*sьcati, *sьca, *sьčitь (
impf.,
-a/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *sьcanьje
|
*sьcati
|
*sьcatъ
|
*sьcalъ
|
|
|
Participles
|
| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
*sьcanъ
|
*sьčimъ
|
| Active
|
*sьcavъ
|
*sьčę
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*sьcaxъ |
*sьca |
*sьca
|
*sьčǫ |
*sьčiši |
*sьčitь
|
| Dual
|
*sьcaxově |
*sьcasta |
*sьcaste
|
*sьčivě |
*sьčita |
*sьčite
|
| Plural
|
*sьcaxomъ |
*sьcaste |
*sьcašę
|
*sьčimъ |
*sьčite |
*sьčętь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*sьcaaxъ |
*sьcaaše |
*sьcaaše
|
— |
*sьči |
*sьči
|
| Dual
|
*sьcaaxově |
*sьcaašeta |
*sьcaašete
|
*sьčivě |
*sьčita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*sьcaaxomъ |
*sьcaašete |
*sьcaaxǫ
|
*sьčimъ |
*sьčite |
—
|
Descendants
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sьcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сцать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
