Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plyti

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 *plū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)-. Cognate with Lithuanian plū́ti (“to flow”).

Verb

*plỳti impf^[1]

to swim
to float, to sail

Alternative forms

Inflection

Conjugation of *plyti, *ply, *plyvetь (impf., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*plytьje	*plyti	*plytъ	*plylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*plytъ	*plyvomъ
Active	*plyvъ	*plyvy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plyxъ	*ply	*ply	*plyvǫ	*plyveši	*plyvetь
Dual	*plyxově	*plysta	*plyste	*plyvevě	*plyveta	*plyvete
Plural	*plyxomъ	*plyste	*plyšę	*plyvemъ	*plyvete	*plyvǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plyvěaxъ	*plyvěaše	*plyvěaše	—	*plyvi	*plyvi
Dual	*plyvěaxově	*plyvěašeta	*plyvěašete	*plyvěvě	*plyvěta	—
Plural	*plyvěaxomъ	*plyvěašete	*plyvěaxǫ	*plyvěmъ	*plyvěte	—

Related terms

Derived terms

*plytvъ, *plytъkъ (“shallow, suitable for floating”)
*plyska (“body of water”)
*plyvъ (“flow, flood”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: плыць (plycʹ), плы́сці (plýsci)
- Russian: плыть (plytʹ)
- Ukrainian: плисти́ (plystý), пливти́ (plyvtý)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пли́вам (plívam) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: плива (pliva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пли̑ти, пли̏вати
  
  Latin script: plȋti, plȉvati
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: płëwac
- Old Polish: płyć
  - Polish: pływać
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: plěś, plěwaś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plỳti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407: “v. (a) 'swim, sail'”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plỳti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407: “v. (a) 'swim, sail'”

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