Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ímtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.
Verb
*ętì[1][2][3]
- to take
Conjugation
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*ętьje
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*ęti
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*ętъ
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*ęlъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*ętъ
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*jьmomъ
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Active
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*jьmъ
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*jьmy
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*ęsъ |
*ę(tъ) |
*ę(tъ)
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*jьmǫ |
*jьmeši |
*jьmetь
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Dual
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*ęsově |
*ęsta |
*ęste
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*jьmevě |
*jьmeta |
*jьmete
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Plural
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*ęsomъ |
*ęste |
*ęsę
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*jьmemъ |
*jьmete |
*jьmǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*jьměaxъ |
*jьměaše |
*jьměaše
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— |
*jьmi |
*jьmi
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Dual
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*jьměaxově |
*jьměašeta |
*jьměašete
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*jьměvě |
*jьměta |
—
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Plural
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*jьměaxomъ |
*jьměašete |
*jьměaxǫ
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*jьměmъ |
*jьměte |
—
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Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: яти (jati)
- Russian: ять (jatʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: йня́ти (jnjáty)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 158: “v. ‘take’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “jęti: jьmǫ jьmetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 212f., 247, 251; PR 136)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “jẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ję́ti”