Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skuti

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 earlier *skubti < Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaub⁽ˀ⁾téi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewbʰ-. Related to Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”) (n-infix present), Latvian skubinât (“to urge, to push”). Further akin to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”), Persian آشفتن (âšoftan, “to agitate”), Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, “to shake”).

Verb

skutì impf (perfective *skubnǫti)

1. to pluck
2. to pull, to tug (hair, weeds)

Alternative forms

• *skubti (earlier non-contracted form)
• *skubati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *skuti, *skube, *skubetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*skubenьje	*skuti	*skutъ	*skublъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*skubenъ	*skubomъ
Active	*skubъ	*skuby

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skub(ox)ъ	*skube	*skube	*skubǫ	*skubeši	*skubetь
Dual	*skub(ox)ově	*skub(e/os)ta	*skub(e/os)te	*skubevě	*skubeta	*skubete
Plural	*skub(ox)omъ	*skub(e/os)te	*skubǫ, *skubošę	*skubemъ	*skubete	*skubǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*skuběaxъ	*skuběaše	*skuběaše	—	*skubi	*skubi
Dual	*skuběaxově	*skuběašeta	*skuběašete	*skuběvě	*skuběta	—
Plural	*skuběaxomъ	*skuběašete	*skuběaxǫ	*skuběmъ	*skuběte	—

Derived terms

• *skubiti (causative)

Related terms

• *xybati (“to sway”)
• *čubъ (“forelock, crest”)
• *čupъ (“crack, strand of hair”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ску́бці (skúbci)
  • Russian: скусть (skustʹ); (dialectal) скубти́ (skubtí)
  • Ukrainian: ску́бти (skúbty); (dialectal) ску́бсти́ (skúbstý)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ску́псти

    Latin script: skúpsti

  • Slovene: skúbsti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: skústi

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скубу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “скубти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 289
• “skubti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012