Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/platiti

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

Denominal causative from *platъ (“fabric”) +‎ *-iti, originally implying “to cover up, to overlay”.

Verb

South Slavic:
*platiti pf (imperfective *plaťati)

North Slavic:
*platiti impf (perfective *zaplatiti)

1. to pay
2. to reward

Conjugation

Conjugation of *platiti, *plati, *platitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*plaťenьje	*platiti	*platitъ	*platilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*plaťenъ	*platimъ
Active	*plaťь	*platę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*platixъ	*plati	*plati	*plaťǫ	*platiši	*platitь
Dual	*platixově	*platista	*platiste	*plativě	*platita	*platite
Plural	*platixomъ	*platiste	*platišę	*platimъ	*platite	*platętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plaťaaxъ	*plaťaaše	*plaťaaše	—	*plati	*plati
Dual	*plaťaaxově	*plaťaašeta	*plaťaašete	*plativě	*platita	—
Plural	*plaťaaxomъ	*plaťaašete	*plaťaaxǫ	*platimъ	*platite	—

Notes:
• (*)*plativъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

• *plata, *plaťa (“payment”)
• *platežь (action noun)
• *platьcь (agent noun)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: плаціць (placicʹ)
  • Russian: плати́ть (platítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: плати́ти (platýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: платити (platiti)
  • Bulgarian: платя́ (platjá)
  • Macedonian: плати (plati)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пла́тити

    Latin script: plátiti

  • Slovene: platíti (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: platiti
    • Czech: platit
  • Kashubian: płacëc
  • Polabian: plotĕt
  • Polish: płacić
  • Slovak: platiť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: рłаćić
    • Lower Sorbian: płaśiś

• Non-Slavic
  • → Aromanian: plãtescu
  • → Romanian: plăti

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “платить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плащам, платя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 327