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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁y-e-, from the root *kʷeh₁y- (Derksen's reconstruction; Rix prefers *kʷey-). Cognates include Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (kaiieiti), Sanskrit चायति (cā́yati, “to perceive, to observe”), Ancient Greek τίω (tíō, “to esteem, to respect”).
Verb
*čàjati[1][2]
- to wait, to expect
Inflection
Conjugation of *čajati, *čaja, *čajetь (?, -a/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *čajanьje
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*čajati
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*čajatъ
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*čajalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*čajanъ
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*čajemъ
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| Active
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*čajavъ
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*čaję
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*čajaxъ |
*čaja |
*čaja
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*čajǫ |
*čaješi |
*čajetь
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| Dual
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*čajaxově |
*čajasta |
*čajaste
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*čajevě |
*čajeta |
*čajete
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| Plural
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*čajaxomъ |
*čajaste |
*čajašę
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*čajemъ |
*čajete |
*čajǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*čajaaxъ |
*čajaaše |
*čajaaše
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*čaji |
*čaji
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| Dual
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*čajaaxově |
*čajaašeta |
*čajaašete
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*čajivě |
*čajita |
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| Plural
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*čajaaxomъ |
*čajaašete |
*čajaaxǫ
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*čajimъ |
*čajite |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: чаꙗти (čajati) (11th century; accent paradigm a, with traces of c)
- Russian: ча́ять (čájatʹ) (obsolete)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: чаꙗти (čajati)
- Glagolitic: ⱍⰰⱑⱅⰹ (čaěti)
- Bulgarian: ча́ем (čáem) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ча̏јати
- Latin script: čȁjati
- Slovene: čȃjati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: čáti (archaic or dialectal; Jungmann's dictionary)
See also
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 10
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ча́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78: “v. (a)”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “čajati: čajǫ čajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 205, 234, 236; PR 133)”