Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/piti

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-Indo-European *peh₃-:

• Derksen: *ph₃i-
• Černyx: *pō(y)- : *pī- (“to drink”)
• Vasmer: related to *pōy- : *pī-

Cognates include Lithuanian puotà (“drinking spree, wassail”), Old Prussian pōuton (“to drink”), poieiti (“drink (imperative)”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he drinks”), पाययति (pāyayati, “to give to drink”), Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis, “the act of drinking”), πίνω (pínō, “I drink”), πώνω (pṓnō, “I drink”), Latin pōtus (“drunk, having been drunk”), and (from reduplicated present stem) Sanskrit पिबति (pibati, “he drinks”), पीत (pīta, “drunk”), Latin bibō (“I drink”) (< *pibō), Albanian pi (“I drink”), Old Irish ibim (“I drink”).

Verb

*pìti impf

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of *piti (impf., -V-, t-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pitьje	*piti	*pitъ	*pilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pitъ	*pьjemъ
Active	*pivъ	*pьję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pixъ	*pi(tъ)	*pi(tъ)	*pьjǫ	*pьješi	*pьjetь
Dual	*pixově	*pista	*piste	*pьjevě	*pьjeta	*pьjete
Plural	*pixomъ	*piste	*pišę	*pьjemъ	*pьjete	*pьjǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьjaaxъ	*pьjaaše	*pьjaaše	—	*pьji	*pьji
Dual	*pьjaaxově	*pьjaašeta	*pьjaašete	*pьjivě	*pьjita	—
Plural	*pьjaaxomъ	*pьjaašete	*pьjaaxǫ	*pьjimъ	*pьjite	—

See also

• *pijati
  • *pijanъ
  • *pijavъka, *pijavica
• *pirъ

• *pivo (“drink, beer”)
• *pojiti (“to give to drink”)
• *pojь (“beverage, drink”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пити (piti)
    • Belarusian: піць (picʹ)
    • Russian: пить (pitʹ)
    • Rusyn: пи́ти (pýty)
    • Ukrainian: пи́ти (pýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: пити (piti)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⰻⱅⰻ (piti)

  • Bulgarian: пи́я (píja)
  • Macedonian: пи́е (píe)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: пи̏ти

    Latin: pȉti

  • Slovene: píti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pít
  • Polish: pić
  • Slovak: piť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pić
    • Lower Sorbian: piś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max, “пить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language]‎^[3] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress, 1964–1973
• Černyx, P. Ja., “пить”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, 1999, page 36