Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jěbati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *jebtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yébʰeti, from *h₃yebʰ-.

Verb

*jěbàti impf

1. to copulate, to fuck

Conjugation

Conjugation of *jěbati (impf., -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*jěbanьje	*jěbati	*jěbatъ	*jěbalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*jěbanъ	*jěbomъ
Active	*jěbavъ	*jěby

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jěbaxъ	*jěba	*jěba	*jěbǫ	*jěbeši	*jěbetь
Dual	*jěbaxově	*jěbasta	*jěbaste	*jěbevě	*jěbeta	*jěbete
Plural	*jěbaxomъ	*jěbaste	*jěbašę	*jěbemъ	*jěbete	*jěbǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jěbaaxъ	*jěbaaše	*jěbaaše	—	*jěbi	*jěbi
Dual	*jěbaaxově	*jěbaašeta	*jěbaašete	*jěběvě	*jěběta	—
Plural	*jěbaaxomъ	*jěbaašete	*jěbaaxǫ	*jěběmъ	*jěběte	—

Alternative forms

• *etì
• *ebàti
• *ěbàti
• *jebàti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ѣбати (ěbati)
    • Belarusian: яба́ць (jabácʹ)
    • Russian: еба́ть (jebátʹ), еть (jetʹ) (dated, infinitive only), ети́ (jetí)
    • Ukrainian: їба́ти (jibáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: еба́ (ebá)
  • Macedonian: е́бе (ébe)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: јѐбати

    Latin: jèbati

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): jebȁti
  • Slovene: jébati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jebat
  • Polish: jebać
  • Slovak: jebať
  • Slovincian: jåbac
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: jebaś

    Upper Sorbian: jebać

Further reading

• Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jěbati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 08, Moscow: Nauka, page 188