Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷōs-eye-, lengthened causative of *(s)gʷes-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gesýti (“to extinguish”), 1sg. gesaũ, gèsti (“to be extinguished, to go out”), 1sg. gestù, Latvian dzēst (“to extinguish”), dzist (“to be extinguished, to go out”). Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit जसते (jásate, “to be extinguished”), जासयति (jāsáyati, “to extinguish, to exhaust”), Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi, “to extinguish”).
*gasìti impf[1][2][3]
- to extinguish
Conjugation of
*gasiti, *gasi, *gasitь (
impf.,
-i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *gašenьje
|
*gasiti
|
*gasitъ
|
*gasilъ
|
|
|
Participles
|
| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
*gašenъ
|
*gasimъ
|
| Active
|
*gašь
|
*gasę
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*gasixъ |
*gasi |
*gasi
|
*gašǫ |
*gasiši |
*gasitь
|
| Dual
|
*gasixově |
*gasista |
*gasiste
|
*gasivě |
*gasita |
*gasite
|
| Plural
|
*gasixomъ |
*gasiste |
*gasišę
|
*gasimъ |
*gasite |
*gasętь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*gašaaxъ |
*gašaaše |
*gašaaše
|
— |
*gasi |
*gasi
|
| Dual
|
*gašaaxově |
*gašaašeta |
*gašaašete
|
*gasivě |
*gasita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*gašaaxomъ |
*gašaašete |
*gašaaxǫ
|
*gasimъ |
*gasite |
—
|
Notes: - (*)*gasivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Conjugation of
*gasiti, *gasi, *gasitь (
impf.,
-i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *gašenьje
|
*gasiti
|
*gasitъ
|
*gasilъ
|
|
|
Participles
|
| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
*gašenъ
|
*gasimъ
|
| Active
|
*gašь
|
*gasę
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*gasixъ |
*gasi |
*gasi
|
*gašǫ |
*gasiši |
*gasitь
|
| Dual
|
*gasixově |
*gasista |
*gasiste
|
*gasivě |
*gasita |
*gasite
|
| Plural
|
*gasixomъ |
*gasiste |
*gasišę
|
*gasimъ |
*gasite |
*gasętь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*gašaaxъ |
*gašaaše |
*gašaaše
|
— |
*gasi |
*gasi
|
| Dual
|
*gašaaxově |
*gašaašeta |
*gašaašete
|
*gasivě |
*gasita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*gašaaxomъ |
*gašaašete |
*gašaaxǫ
|
*gasimъ |
*gasite |
—
|
Notes: - (*)*gasivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
- *gàsnǫti (“to be extinguished, to go out”)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гасити (gasiti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “гаси́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 182
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гаси́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gasiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 104
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gasìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161: “v. (b/c) ‘extinguish’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gasiti: gasjǫ gasitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c slukke (SA 259; PR 139)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gasīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*gasi̋ti”
