Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěsniti

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

By surface analysis, *ěsnъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*ěsniti (sę)^[1]

(reflexive) to clear

Inflection

Conjugation of *ěsniti, *ěsni, *ěsnitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ěsňenьje	*ěsniti	*ěsnitъ	*ěsnilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ěsňenъ	*ěsnimъ
Active	*ěsňь	*ěsnę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ěsnixъ	*ěsni	*ěsni	*ěsňǫ	*ěsniši	*ěsnitь
Dual	*ěsnixově	*ěsnista	*ěsniste	*ěsnivě	*ěsnita	*ěsnite
Plural	*ěsnixomъ	*ěsniste	*ěsnišę	*ěsnimъ	*ěsnite	*ěsnętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ěsňaaxъ	*ěsňaaše	*ěsňaaše	—	*ěsni	*ěsni
Dual	*ěsňaaxově	*ěsňaašeta	*ěsňaašete	*ěsnivě	*ěsnita	—
Plural	*ěsňaaxomъ	*ěsňaašete	*ěsňaaxǫ	*ěsnimъ	*ěsnite	—

(*)*ěsnivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *ꙗснити (*jasniti)
  - Old Ruthenian: ꙗсни́ти (jasníti)
    - Ukrainian: ясни́ти (jasnýty) (rare)
  - Russian: -я́снить (-jásnitʹ)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: jасни (jasni)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: jasnīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jasnit
- Polish: jaśnić
- Old Slovak: jasniť
  - Pannonian Rusyn: яшнїц (jašnjic)
  - Slovak: jasniť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jasniś
  - Upper Sorbian: jasnić

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ěskniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 51

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ěskniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 51

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