Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jeti

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

Alternative forms

• *jebtì

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jebtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yébʰeti, from *h₃yebʰ- with a regular loss of medial *-b- in the infinitive stem due to the law of open syllables. Doublet of *jebàti. Cognate with Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō), Sanskrit यभति (yábhati).

Verb

*jetì impf

1. (transitive) to copulate
2. (transitive, vulgar, possibly) to fuck

Inflection

Conjugation of *jeti, *jebe, *jebetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*jebenьje	*jeti	*jetъ	*jeblъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*jebenъ	*jebomъ
Active	*jebъ	*jeby

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jeb(ox)ъ	*jebe	*jebe	*jebǫ	*jebeši	*jebetь
Dual	*jeb(ox)ově	*jeb(e/os)ta	*jeb(e/os)te	*jebevě	*jebeta	*jebete
Plural	*jeb(ox)omъ	*jeb(e/os)te	*jebǫ, *jebošę	*jebemъ	*jebete	*jebǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jeběaxъ	*jeběaše	*jeběaše	—	*jebi	*jebi
Dual	*jeběaxově	*jeběašeta	*jeběašete	*jeběvě	*jeběta	—
Plural	*jeběaxomъ	*jeběašete	*jeběaxǫ	*jeběmъ	*jeběte	—

Derived terms

nouns

• *jebь̀cь m (“fucker”)
• *jèbľa f (“copulation”)

verbs

• *jěbàti impf (“to copulate; to fuck”)

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃yebʰ- (0 c, 6 e)

verbs

• *jebàti impf

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ети (jeti)
    • Old Ruthenian: єти (jeti)
      • Ukrainian: є́ти (jéty), єбти́ (jebtý), їбти́ (jibtý)
    • Russian: ети́ (jetí), еть (jetʹ), ебсти́ (jebstí)
  • Old Novgorodian: ѥти (jeti)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: јѐпсти

    Latin script: jèpsti

• West Slavic:
  • ⇒? Czech: ojet

Further reading

• Jaroslav Rudnyckyj (1972–1982), “єба́ти”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 307
• Vasmer, Max (1953), “ебáть, ебу́”, in Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 2) (in German), volumes 1 (A – K), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Carl Winter, →ISBN, page 388
• Bezlaj, France (1976), “jẹ̑bati”, in Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Slovenian Language] (in Slovene), volumes 1 (A – J), Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, page 223
• Gluhak, Alemko (1993), “jèbati”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 293