зъвати

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъvati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH-. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian zvati, Russian звать (zvatʹ), Polish zwać (“call”), Polish zew (“a call”).

Verb

зъвати • (zŭvati) impf

(transitive) to call, to invite
- 11th century, Codex Zographensis (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 14:13:
  ⱀⱏ ⰵⰳⰴⰰ ⱅⰲⱁⱃⰻⱎⰻ ⱂⰻⱃⱏ · ⰸⱁⰲⰻ ⱀⰻⱎⱅⱔⱔ · ⰿⰰⰾⱁⰿⱁⱎⱅⰻ · ⱈⱃⱁⰿⱏⰹ · ⱄⰾⱑⱂⱏⰹ ·
  [нъ егда твориши пиръ · зови ништѧѧ · маломошти · хромъі · слѣпъі ·]
  nŭ egda tvoriši pirŭ · zovi ništęję · malomošti · xromy · slěpy ·
  But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
(intransitive) to exclaim, to cry
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 12:13:
  ⰺ ⰸⱏⰲⰰⰰⱈⱘ ⰳⰾ҃ⱙⱎⱅⰵ · Ⱉ҅ⱄⰰⱀ҆ⱀⰰ ⰱⰾⰳⱄ҃ⰲⱀⱏ ⰳⱃⱔⰴⱔⰻ ⰲⱏ ⰹⰿⱔ ⰳ҃ⱀⰵ · ⱌⱄ҃ⱃⱏ ⰺ҃ⰾⰲⱏ ·
  [ꙇ зъваахѫ гл҃ѭште · Ѡ҅сан҆на блгс҃внъ грѧдѧи въ імѧ г҃не · цс҃ръ ꙇ҃лвъ ·]
  i zŭvaaxǫ gl:jǫšte · HOsanna blgs:vnŭ grędęi vŭ imę g:ne · cs:rŭ i:lvŭ ·
  […] and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Conjugation

Conjugation of зъвати (class IA2, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
зъвати zŭvati	зъватъ zŭvatŭ	зъваниѥ zŭvanije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		зовꙑ zovy	зъвавъ zŭvavŭ
passive		зовомъ zovomŭ	зъванъ zŭvanŭ

singular		зъвалъ zŭvalŭ	зъвало zŭvalo	зъвала zŭvala
dual		зъвала zŭvala	зъвалѣ zŭvalě	зъвалѣ zŭvalě
plural		зъвали zŭvali	зъвала zŭvala	зъвалꙑ zŭvaly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	зовѫ zovǫ	зъваахъ zŭvaaxŭ	—
	2nd	зовеши zoveši	зъвааше zŭvaaše	зови zovi
	3rd	зоветъ zovetŭ	зъвааше zŭvaaše	зови zovi
dual	1st	зовевѣ zovevě	зъвааховѣ zŭvaaxově	зовѣве zověve
	2nd	зовета zoveta	зъваашета zŭvaašeta	зовѣта zověta
	3rd	зовете, зовета zovete, zoveta	зъваашете, зъваашета zŭvaašete, zŭvaašeta	—
plural	1st	зовемъ zovemŭ	зъваахомъ zŭvaaxomŭ	зовѣмъ zověmŭ
	2nd	зовете zovete	зъваашете zŭvaašete	зовѣте zověte
	3rd	зовѫтъ zovǫtŭ	зъваахѫ zŭvaaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	зъвахъ zŭvaxŭ
	2nd	зъва zŭva
	3rd	зъва zŭva
dual	1st	зъваховѣ zŭvaxově
	2nd	зъваста zŭvasta
	3rd	зъвасте, зъваста zŭvaste, zŭvasta
plural	1st	зъвахомъ zŭvaxomŭ
	2nd	зъвасте zŭvaste
	3rd	зъвашѧ zŭvašę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of зъвати and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → зъвалъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of зъвати and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → зъвалъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of зъвати and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ зъвати
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of зъвати and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → зъвалъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of зъвати and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → зъвалъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of зъвати. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

възъвати (vŭzŭvati)
позъвати (pozŭvati)
призъвати (prizŭvati)
прозъвати (prozŭvati)
съзъвати (sŭzŭvati)

Old Church Slavonic

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