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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščupati

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, *ščupъ (“dipstick”) +‎ *-ati, with further origin uncertain. Possibly akin to Sanskrit छुपति (chupati, “to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewp-.

Verb

*ščupati impf (perfective *ščupnǫti)[1]

  1. to touch, to probe
  2. to grope

Conjugation
Conjugation of *ščupati, *ščupa, *ščupajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*ščupanьje *ščupati *ščupatъ *ščupalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *ščupanъ *ščupajemъ
Active *ščupavъ *ščupaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *ščupaxъ*ščupa*ščupa *ščupajǫ*ščupaješi*ščupajetь
Dual *ščupaxově*ščupasta*ščupaste *ščupajevě*ščupajeta*ščupajete
Plural *ščupaxomъ*ščupaste*ščupašę *ščupajemъ*ščupajete*ščupajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *ščupaaxъ*ščupaaše*ščupaaše —*ščupaji*ščupaji
Dual *ščupaaxově*ščupaašeta*ščupaašete *ščupajivě*ščupajita—
Plural *ščupaaxomъ*ščupaašete*ščupaaxǫ *ščupajimъ*ščupajite—

Derived terms
  • *ščuplъ (“thin, puny”)
  • *ščupakъ (agent noun)
  • *ščupadlo (instrumental noun)
    • ⇒ Russian: щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce, “tentacle”)
  • *ščupьta, *ščupъka (“crumb, bit”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: щюпати (ščjupati)
      • Belarusian: шчу́паць (ščúpacʹ)
      • Russian: щу́пать (ščúpatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: щу́пати (ščúpaty), щю́пати (ščjúpaty)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: szczupać (dialectal)

References
  1. Mariola Jakubowicz (2017) The Development of Words Across Centuries‎, Institute of Slavic Studies (Polish Academy of Sciences), page 156

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щупать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “щупати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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