Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čistiti

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 *čistъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*čìstiti

1. to clean, purify

Inflection

Conjugation of *čistiti, *čìsti, *čìstitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čìsťenьje	*čistiti	*čistitъ	*čìstilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čìsťenъ	*čìstimъ
Active	*čìsťь	*čìstę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čìstixъ	*čìsti	*čìsti	*čìsťǫ	*čìstiši	*čìstitь
Dual	*čìstixově	*čìstista	*čìstiste	*čìstivě	*čìstita	*čìstite
Plural	*čìstixomъ	*čìstiste	*čìstišę	*čìstimъ	*čìstite	*čìstętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čìsťaaxъ	*čìsťaaše	*čìsťaaše	—	*čìsti	*čìsti
Dual	*čìsťaaxově	*čìsťaašeta	*čìsťaašete	*čìstivě	*čìstita	—
Plural	*čìsťaaxomъ	*čìsťaašete	*čìsťaaxǫ	*čìstimъ	*čìstite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: чы́сціць (čýscicʹ)
  • Russian: чи́стить (čístitʹ)
    • → Kildin Sami: чисстэ (čisste)
    • → Skolt Sami: čiistâd
  • Ukrainian: чи́стити (čýstyty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: чистити (čistiti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱍⰻⱄⱅⰻⱅⰻ (čistiti)

  • Bulgarian: чи́стя (čístja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: чи̏стити

    Latin script: čȉstiti

  • Slovene: čístiti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čistiti
    • Czech: čistit
  • Polish: czyścić
  • Slovak: čistiť