Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьlěti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *til- or *tilˀ-. Cognate with Latvian til̂t (“to become soft or retted”) (West Latvian dialect, where the broken and falling tones merge). Possibly cognate with *utoliti (“to quench, to relieve”) and/or Lithuanian tylė́ti (“to soothe, to be silent”), tìlti (“to be silent”). Vasmer suggests a possible additional connection with Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “marsh, puddle”), τελμίς (telmís, “rot, slime”) (gen. τελμῖνος (telmînos)), Armenian teɫm, tiɫm (“mud”). Chernykh adds Old Irish tulid, tuilid (“to sleep”).

Verb

*tьlěti impf

to decay
to smolder

Inflection

Conjugation of *tьlěti (impf., intr., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ěti

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tьlěnьje	*tьlěti	*tьlětъ	*tьlělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*tьlěvъ	*tьlěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tьlěxъ	*tьlě	*tьlě	*tьlějǫ	*tьlěješi	*tьlějetь
Dual	*tьlěxově	*tьlěsta	*tьlěste	*tьlějevě	*tьlějeta	*tьlějete
Plural	*tьlěxomъ	*tьlěste	*tьlěšę	*tьlějemъ	*tьlějete	*tьlějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tьlěaxъ	*tьlěaše	*tьlěaše	—	*tьlěji	*tьlěji
Dual	*tьlěaxově	*tьlěašeta	*tьlěašete	*tьlějivě	*tьlějita	—
Plural	*tьlěaxomъ	*tьlěašete	*tьlěaxǫ	*tьlějimъ	*tьlějite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тьлѣти (tĭlěti, “to rot”), 1sg. тьлѣю (tĭlěju)
  - Belarusian: тлець (tljecʹ)
  - Russian: тлеть (tletʹ, “to rot, to decay, to smolder”), 1sg. тле́ю (tléju)
  - Ukrainian: тлі́ти (tlíty, “to decay, to rot”), 1sg. тлі́ю (tlíju)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: тьлѣти (tĭlěti, “to decay”), 1sg. тьлѣѭ (tĭlějǫ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: тле́я (tléja, “to smolder”)
- Macedonian: тлее (tlee, “to glow”)
- Slovene: tlẹ́ti (“to smolder”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. tlím (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: tlít (“to rot, to decay, to mold”)
- Polish: tleć (“smolder”), 1sg. tleję
- Slovak: tlieť (“to smolder”)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: tłać (“to decay, to rot”)
  - Lower Sorbian: tłaś (“to decay, to rot”)

References

Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “тлеть”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, pages 246–247
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьlěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “тлеть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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