Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščepati

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 *ščepa +‎ *-ati. Compare also *skopiti.

Verb

*ščepati

1. to chip, to splinter

Inflection

Conjugation of *ščepati, *ščepa, *ščepľetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ščepanьje	*ščepati	*ščepatъ	*ščepalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ščepanъ	*ščepľemъ
Active	*ščepavъ	*ščepľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščepaxъ	*ščepa	*ščepa	*ščepľǫ	*ščepľeši	*ščepľetь
Dual	*ščepaxově	*ščepasta	*ščepaste	*ščepľevě	*ščepľeta	*ščepľete
Plural	*ščepaxomъ	*ščepaste	*ščepašę	*ščepľemъ	*ščepľete	*ščepľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščepaaxъ	*ščepaaše	*ščepaaše	—	*ščepľi	*ščepľi
Dual	*ščepaaxově	*ščepaašeta	*ščepaašete	*ščepľivě	*ščepľita	—
Plural	*ščepaaxomъ	*ščepaašete	*ščepaaxǫ	*ščepľimъ	*ščepľite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: шчепа́ць (ščjepácʹ)
  • Russian: щепа́ть (ščepátʹ)
• West Slavic
  • Old Polish: szczepać
    • Polish: szczepać (obsolete)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šćěpaś
    • Upper Sorbian: šćěpać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щепа́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress