Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/spěšiti

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 *spě̑xъ (“haste”) +‎ *-iti, from *spě̀ti (“advance, ripen, hurry”) +‎ *-xъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *spḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁-ti (root present), from *speh₁- (“succeed, prosper”).

Verb

*spěšiti impf

1. hurry

Conjugation

Conjugation of *spěšiti, *spěši, *spěšitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*spěšenьje	*spěšiti	*spěšitъ	*spěšilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*spěšenъ	*spěšimъ
Active	*spěšь	*spěšę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*spěšixъ	*spěši	*spěši	*spěšǫ	*spěšiši	*spěšitь
Dual	*spěšixově	*spěšista	*spěšiste	*spěšivě	*spěšita	*spěšite
Plural	*spěšixomъ	*spěšiste	*spěšišę	*spěšimъ	*spěšite	*spěšętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*spěšaaxъ	*spěšaaše	*spěšaaše	—	*spěši	*spěši
Dual	*spěšaaxově	*spěšaašeta	*spěšaašete	*spěšivě	*spěšita	—
Plural	*spěšaaxomъ	*spěšaašete	*spěšaaxǫ	*spěšimъ	*spěšite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: спѣшити (spěšiti)
    • Russian: спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), 1sg. спешу́ (spešú), 3sg. спеши́т (spešít)
    • Belarusian: спе́шыць (spjéšycʹ)
    • Ukrainian: спіши́ти (spišýty)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: спѣшити (spěšiti, “to strive, to hurry”)

    Glagolitic: ⱄⱂⱑⱎⰻⱅⰻ (spěšiti)

  • Slovene: spẹ́šiti (“to hurry, to rush”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. spẹ̑šim (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: spěšiti (“to hurry”)
    • Czech: spíšiti (obsolete), spěšiti (“to hurry”) (obsolete)
  • Polish: śpieszyć (“to hurry”)