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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pečatь

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

Probably a contamination of an earlier *pečětь (“brand”), formed as *pekti (“to bake, to cook”) +‎ *-ětь, under the influence of a Oghur term (per BER) surviving as Chuvash пичет (pičet, “seal, cachet”) and Georgian ბეჭედი (beč̣edi, “ring, seal”).

Noun

pečàtь m [1][2]

  1. seal, stamp
    Synonym: *žigъ

Inflection
Declension of *pečatь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *pečatь *pečati *pečatьjē, *pečaťē*
Accusative *pečatь *pečati *pečati
Genitive *pečatī *pečatьju, *pečaťu* *pečatьjь, *pečatī*
Locative *pečatī *pečatьju, *pečaťu* *pečatьxъ
Dative *pečati *pečatьma *pečatьmъ
Instrumental *pečatьmь *pečatьma *pečatьmī
Vocative *pečati *pečati *pečatьjē, *pečaťē*
* 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).

Derived terms
  • *pečatatъ (“to print”)
  • *pečatьlěti (“to impress”)
    • *vъpečatьlenьje (“impression”)
    • *vъpečatьlitelьnъ (“impressive”)
  • *otъpečatьkъ (“imprint”)
  • *pečatьnъ (“printed”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: реčеť f
    • Polish: pieczęć f (with unexpected -ę-)
    • Slovak: реčať f
    • Sorbian:
      Upper Sorbian: рjеčаt

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “печать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), “печа̀т”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 212

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “pečatь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “pečȃt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*peča̋tь”
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