Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъpiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *up-, from Proto-Indo-European *up-, from *wep-. Cognate with Latvian ūpêt (“to scream (of birds)”) (1sg. ūpẽju), ūpôt (“to howl”), Lithuanian ùpas (“echo”), Latvian ũpis (“owl”), Avestan 𐬎𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬨𐬌 (ufiieimi, “to call out”), Old High German ūfo, ūvo (“night owl”), Old Norse úfr (“night owl”), Proto-Germanic *ubilaz (“bad spirit”). Sometimes compared with Russian ва́бить (vábitʹ, “to lure with a birdcall”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to shout out”), although the root consonants don't quite align.

Verb

*vъpìti

1. to cry out

Inflection

Conjugation of *vъpiti, *vъpi, *vъpijetь (?, -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vъpitьje	*vъpiti	*vъpitъ	*vъpilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vъpitъ	*vъpijemъ
Active	*vъpivъ	*vъpiję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vъpixъ	*vъpi	*vъpi	*vъpijǫ	*vъpiješi	*vъpijetь
Dual	*vъpixově	*vъpista	*vъpiste	*vъpijevě	*vъpijeta	*vъpijete
Plural	*vъpixomъ	*vъpiste	*vъpišę	*vъpijemъ	*vъpijete	*vъpijǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vъpijaaxъ	*vъpijaaše	*vъpijaaše	—	*vъpiji	*vъpiji
Dual	*vъpijaaxově	*vъpijaašeta	*vъpijaašete	*vъpijivě	*vъpijita	—
Plural	*vъpijaaxomъ	*vъpijaašete	*vъpijaaxǫ	*vъpijimъ	*vъpijite	—

Related terms

• *vypь (“wader, sea bird (in general)”)
• *vъplь (“cry, wail”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: вопи́ть (vopítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: въпити (vŭpiti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: въпи́я (vǎpíja) (dated)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ва̀пити, у̀пити

    Latin: vàpiti, ùpiti

  • Slovene: vpíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: úpiti
    • Czech: úpět
  • Slovak: upeť

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vъpìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вопи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress