Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ovati

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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.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

  • (after a palatal consonant) *-evati

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian -áuti,[1] Old Prussian -aut. Possibly also with Lithuanian -úoti, Latvian -uot, although Svensson rejects the plausibility of the "uo" sound change.[2]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

*-ovati

  1. Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Conjugation

Conjugation of *-ovati, *-ova, *-ujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*-ovanьje *-ovati *-ovatъ *-ovalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *-ovanъ *-ujemъ
Active *-ovavъ *-uję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *-ovaxъ *-ova *-ova *-ujǫ *-uješi *-ujetь
Dual *-ovaxově *-ovasta *-ovaste *-ujevě *-ujeta *-ujete
Plural *-ovaxomъ *-ovaste *-ovašę *-ujemъ *-ujete *-ujǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *-ovaaxъ *-ovaaše *-ovaaše — *-uji *-uji
Dual *-ovaaxově *-ovaašeta *-ovaašete *-ujivě *-ujita —
Plural *-ovaaxomъ *-ovaašete *-ovaaxǫ *-ujimъ *-ujite —

Descendants


Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ovati

References

  • Skok, Petar (1972) “-ovati”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 580

Notes

  1. ^ Miguel Villanueva Svensson (2014) “The origins of the denominative type Lith. ‑áuti, ‑áuja, OCS ‑ovati, ‑ujǫ”, in Baltistica, volume 49, number 2, →DOI, pages 251–264
  2. ^ Frederik Kortlandt (1995) “Lithuanian verbs in -auti and -uoti”, in Linguistica Baltica, volume 4, pages 141—143
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