Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plęsati

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

Unclear.

Vasmer: cognate with Old Lithuanian plenšti, dial. plęšti; pląšti.
Černyx: Old Lithuanian words were borrowed from Slavic.

Verb

*plęsati

to dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of *plęsati, *plęsa, *plęšetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*plęsanьje	*plęsati	*plęsatъ	*plęsalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*plęsanъ	*plęšemъ
Active	*plęsavъ	*plęšę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plęsaxъ	*plęsa	*plęsa	*plęšǫ	*plęšeši	*plęšetь
Dual	*plęsaxově	*plęsasta	*plęsaste	*plęševě	*plęšeta	*plęšete
Plural	*plęsaxomъ	*plęsaste	*plęsašę	*plęšemъ	*plęšete	*plęšǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plęsaaxъ	*plęsaaše	*plęsaaše	—	*plęši	*plęši
Dual	*plęsaaxově	*plęsaašeta	*plęsaašete	*plęšivě	*plęšita	—
Plural	*plęsaaxomъ	*plęsaašete	*plęsaaxǫ	*plęšimъ	*plęšite	—

Derived terms

*plęsica f (“dancer”)
*plęsьcь m (“dancer”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: плѧсати (plęsati)
  - Russian: пляса́ть (pljasátʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: плясати (pljasaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: плѧсати (plęsati)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⰾⱔⱄⰰⱅⰻ (plęsati)
- Bulgarian: dial. пле́ша (pléša)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пле́сати
  
  Latin script: plésati
- Slovene: plẹ́sati, plesáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: plesat
- Polabian: pľǫsăt
- Old Polish: plęsać
  - Polish: pląsać
- Slovak: plesať

Non-Slavic:
- → Gothic: 𐍀𐌻𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (plinsjan)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плясать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пляса́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 46