Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)mǫditi

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

Snoj presumes contamination of Proto-Slavic *vǫditi (“to dwindle”) (perhaps akin with Proto-Germanic *swindaną (“to dwindle”)) and *smola (“resin”).

Verb

*(s)mǫdìti impf[1]

(intransitive) to dwindle, to smolder

Inflection

Conjugation of *(s)mǫditi, *(s)mǫdi, *(s)mǫditь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*(s)mǫďenьje	*(s)mǫditi	*(s)mǫditъ	*(s)mǫdilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*(s)mǫďenъ	*(s)mǫdimъ
Active	*(s)mǫďь	*(s)mǫdę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*(s)mǫdixъ	*(s)mǫdi	*(s)mǫdi	*(s)mǫďǫ	*(s)mǫdiši	*(s)mǫditь
Dual	*(s)mǫdixově	*(s)mǫdista	*(s)mǫdiste	*(s)mǫdivě	*(s)mǫdita	*(s)mǫdite
Plural	*(s)mǫdixomъ	*(s)mǫdiste	*(s)mǫdišę	*(s)mǫdimъ	*(s)mǫdite	*(s)mǫdętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*(s)mǫďaaxъ	*(s)mǫďaaše	*(s)mǫďaaše	—	*(s)mǫdi	*(s)mǫdi
Dual	*(s)mǫďaaxově	*(s)mǫďaašeta	*(s)mǫďaašete	*(s)mǫdivě	*(s)mǫdita	—
Plural	*(s)mǫďaaxomъ	*(s)mǫďaašete	*(s)mǫďaaxǫ	*(s)mǫdimъ	*(s)mǫdite	—

(*)*(s)mǫdivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Carpathian Rusyn: смудити (smudyty) (Lemko region)
- Ukrainian: сму́дитися (smúdytysja) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: смъдя́ (smǎdjá)
- Macedonian: смади (smadi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: му̏дити, сму́дити
  
  Latin script: mȕditi, smúditi
- Slovene: smodīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: mudit, smoudit
  - ⇒ Czech: čmoudit
- Polish: smądzić (dialectal), smędzić (dialectal), swędzić
- Slovak: smudiť
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: smuźiś
  
  Upper Sorbian: smudźić

References

Snoj, Marko (2016) “smodīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Izhodiščno *smǫdi̋ti”