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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tatь

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-Indo-European *teh₂tis, from *(s)teh₂- (“to do something secretly, conceal, thieve”). Equivalent to *tajiti (“to hide, conceal”) +‎ *-tь.

Cognate with Old Irish táid (“thief”), Ancient Greek τητάω (tētáō, “I deprive, bereave, rob”), Doric τᾱτάω (tātáō), Old Latin tatod (“may he steal”) (6th century BC), Sanskrit तायु (tāyu, “thief”).

Noun

*tatь m [1]

  1. thief

Declension
Declension of *tatь (i-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *tatь *tati *tatьje, *taťe*
Accusative *tatь *tati *tati
Genitive *tati *tatьju, *taťu* *tatьjь, *tati*
Locative *tati *tatьju, *taťu* *tatьxъ
Dative *tati *tatьma *tatьmъ
Instrumental *tatьmь *tatьma *tatьmi
Vocative *tati *tati *tatьje, *taťe*
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
  • *tajiti (“to hide, conceal”)
  • *tajь (“secret”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: тать (tatĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱅⰰⱅⱐ (tatĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: та̑т
      Latin: tȃt
    • Slovene: tȃt

References
  1. Reconstructed as a jo-stem in Derksen 2008, but this must be secondary due to the lack of iotation of final *t.
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 489
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “таить”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 224
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “тать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “тать”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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