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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 *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”). Cognate with Lithuanian žavė́ti (“to fascinate, to charm”), Latvian zavêt (“to cast a spell”), Sanskrit हवते (hávate, “to call, invoke”),[1] Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (zauuaiti, “to call”), Old Armenian ձաւնեմ (jawnem, “to dedicate”), Ancient Greek καυχάομαι (kaukháomai, “to boast”), Irish guth (“voice”).
Verb
*zъvati[1][2]
- to call
Inflection
Conjugation of *zъvati, *zъva, *zovetь (?, -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *zъvanьje
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*zъvati
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*zъvatъ
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*zъvalъ
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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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*zъvanъ
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*zovomъ
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| Active
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*zъvavъ
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*zovy
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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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*zъvaxъ |
*zъva |
*zъva
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*zovǫ |
*zoveši |
*zovetь
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| Dual
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*zъvaxově |
*zъvasta |
*zъvaste
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*zovevě |
*zoveta |
*zovete
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| Plural
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*zъvaxomъ |
*zъvaste |
*zъvašę
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*zovemъ |
*zovete |
*zovǫtь
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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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*zъvaaxъ |
*zъvaaše |
*zъvaaše
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— |
*zovi |
*zovi
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| Dual
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*zъvaaxově |
*zъvaašeta |
*zъvaašete
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*zověvě |
*zověta |
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| Plural
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*zъvaaxomъ |
*zъvaašete |
*zъvaaxǫ
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*zověmъ |
*zověte |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: зъвати (zŭvati)
- Old Novgorodian: зъвати (zŭvati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: зъвати (zŭvati)
- Glagolitic script: ⰸⱏⰲⰰⱅⰻ (zŭvati)
- Bulgarian: зова́ (zová)
- Serbo-Croatian: zvȁti / зва̏ти
- Slovene: zváti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zváti
- Kashubian: zwac
- Polabian: züvĕ (3rd singular)
- Old Polish: zwać
- Slovak: zvať
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “звать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zъvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[1], University of Vienna, page 6: “*zъva̋ti”