Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьlěti

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

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)), Old Armenian տիղմ (tiłm, “mud”). Chernykh adds Old Irish tulid, tuilid (“to sleep”).

Verb

*tьlěti impf

1. to decay
2. to smolder

Inflection

Conjugation of *tьlěti, *tьlě, *tьlějetь (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”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: tinjati (“to smolder”)
  • 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

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тлеть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tьlěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 504
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тлеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress