Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děliti

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 *dělъ +‎ *-iti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dail-. Cognate with Lithuanian dailýti, 3sg. dai̇̃lo, Proto-Germanic *dailijaną.

Verb

*děliti impf^[1]^[2]

to divide

Conjugation

Conjugation of *děliti, *děli, *dělitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*děľenьje	*děliti	*dělitъ	*dělilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*děľenъ	*dělimъ
Active	*děľь	*dělę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dělixъ	*děli	*děli	*děľǫ	*děliši	*dělitь
Dual	*dělixově	*dělista	*děliste	*dělivě	*dělita	*dělite
Plural	*dělixomъ	*děliste	*dělišę	*dělimъ	*dělite	*dělętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*děľaaxъ	*děľaaše	*děľaaše	—	*děli	*děli
Dual	*děľaaxově	*děľaašeta	*děľaašete	*dělivě	*dělita	—
Plural	*děľaaxomъ	*děľaašete	*děľaaxǫ	*dělimъ	*dělite	—

(*)*dělivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дѣлити (děliti)
  - Middle Belarusian: дѣлити (děliti), делити (deliti)^[3]
    - Belarusian: дзялі́ць (dzjalícʹ)
  - Russian: дели́ть (delítʹ)
  - Ukrainian: діли́ти (dilýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: дѣлити (děliti)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: деля́ (deljá)
- Macedonian: дели (deli)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: де́лити, дијѐлити
  
  Latin script: déliti, dijèliti
- Slovene: delīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: děliti
  - Czech: dělit
- Polabian: delĕ
- Polish: dzielić
- Slovak: deliť
- Slovincian: dzêlëc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: dźělić
  - Lower Sorbian: źěliś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*děliti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102: “v. ‘divide’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “děliti: děljǫ dělitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c dele (PR 140)”
^ Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “делити”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 30

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*děliti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 102: “v. ‘divide’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “děliti: děljǫ dělitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c dele (PR 140)”

[3] Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “делити”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 30

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