pěti – Proto-Slavic verb conjugation

Infinitive

pěti

Supine

pětъ

L-participle

pělъ

Verbal Noun

pětьje

Participles

Active

Past	pěvъ
Present	poję

Passive

Past	pětъ
Present	pojemъ

Resultative

Aorist

1st sing.	pěxъ
2nd sing.	pě
3rd sing.	pě
1st dual	pěxově
2nd dual	pěsta
3rd dual	pěste
1st plur.	pěxomъ
2nd plur.	pěste
3rd plur.	pěšę

Imperfective

Perfective

Present

1st sing.	pojǫ
2nd sing.	poješi
3rd sing.	pojetь
1st dual	pojevě
2nd dual	pojeta
3rd dual	pojete
1st plur.	pojemъ
2nd plur.	pojete
3rd plur.	pojǫtь

Imperfect

1st sing.	pojaaxъ
2nd sing.	pojaaše
3rd sing.	pojaaše
1st dual	pojaaxově
2nd dual	pojaašeta
3rd dual	pojaašete
1st plur.	pojaaxomъ
2nd plur.	pojaašete
3rd plur.	pojaaxǫ

Imperative

2nd sing.	poji
3rd sing.	poji
1st dual	pojivě
2nd dual	pojita
1st plur.	pojimъ
2nd plur.	pojite

Future

Verbs conjugated like pěti

pěti,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *paitei.
2. * Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *poyH-, from the root *peyH-. Cognate with Tocharian B pi- (“to sing, to make sing”).
3. * Per Vasmer, connections outside of Slavic are unreliable. Possibly connected with Ancient Greek παιάν (paián), παιών (paiṓn), Ionic παιήων (paiḗōn, “paean, hymn in honor of Apollo”); sometimes also compared with Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame, to condemn”), Ancient Greek ἔμπαιος (émpaios, “knowledgeable, intelligent”).
4. * Per Trubachev, possibly originating as a causative of *piti (“to drink”), with the semantic change drink > sing going back to the pagan rite of sacrificial libation.
5. * A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *pey- (“to adore”) is also possible despite lacking direct semantic basis. If so, cognates include Latin pius (“pious, devout”) and Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”)
6. The alternating Proto-Slavic stems *pě- and *poj- are regular outcomes of the original Proto-Balto-Slavic *pai- before consonants and vowels respectively.

Verbs referencing "pěti"

Czech pět, Slovene peti, Russian петь, Old Church Slavonic пѣти, Serbo-Croatian pjevati, Bulgarian пея, Serbo-Croatian пјевати, Serbo-Croatian pevati, Serbo-Croatian певати, Macedonian пее, Serbo-Croatian pjeti, Sorbian, Lower spiwaś.