Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stigati

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

*stigti +‎ *-ati

Verb

*stigati impf (perfective *stigti or *stignǫti)

1. to pursue, to chase
2. to catch up, to reach, to attain

Alternative forms

• *stidzati (probably contaminated by *stьdza)

Inflection

Conjugation of *stigati, *stiga, *stigajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*stiganьje	*stigati	*stigatъ	*stigalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*stiganъ	*stigajemъ
Active	*stigavъ	*stigaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stigaxъ	*stiga	*stiga	*stigajǫ	*stigaješi	*stigajetь
Dual	*stigaxově	*stigasta	*stigaste	*stigajevě	*stigajeta	*stigajete
Plural	*stigaxomъ	*stigaste	*stigašę	*stigajemъ	*stigajete	*stigajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*stigaaxъ	*stigaaše	*stigaaše	—	*stigaji	*stigaji
Dual	*stigaaxově	*stigaašeta	*stigaašete	*stigajivě	*stigajita	—
Plural	*stigaaxomъ	*stigaašete	*stigaaxǫ	*stigajimъ	*stigajite	—

Derived terms

• *stiga, *stiža (verbal noun)
• *stigateľь (agent noun)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: -сти́гнуть (-stígnutʹ)
    • ⇒ Russian: достига́ть (dostigátʹ)
    • ⇒ Russian: постига́ть (postigátʹ)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: встига́ти (vstyháty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: сти́гам (stígam), dial. сти́дзам (stídzam)
  • Macedonian: стига (stiga)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сти̏зати

    Latin script: stȉzati

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stíhati
    • Czech: stíhat
  • Old Polish: ścigać
    • Polish: ścigać
  • Slovak: stihať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-стигать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “достига́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стигам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 454
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стидзам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 456