Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diviti

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright”). Cognates include Sanskrit दीव्यति (dīvyati). For meaning shift cf. *ględati (“to watch”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend- (“to shine”).

Verb

*divìti

to look in awe, contemplate
to cause admiration

Inflection

Conjugation of *diviti, *divi, *divitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*divľenьje	*diviti	*divitъ	*divilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*divľenъ	*divimъ
Active	*divľь	*divę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*divixъ	*divi	*divi	*divľǫ	*diviši	*divitь
Dual	*divixově	*divista	*diviste	*divivě	*divita	*divite
Plural	*divixomъ	*diviste	*divišę	*divimъ	*divite	*divętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*divľaaxъ	*divľaaše	*divľaaše	—	*divi	*divi
Dual	*divľaaxově	*divľaašeta	*divľaašete	*divivě	*divita	—
Plural	*divľaaxomъ	*divľaašete	*divľaaxǫ	*divimъ	*divite	—

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

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: диви́ться (divítʹsja)
- Ukrainian: диви́тися (dyvýtysja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: дивити (diviti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⰻⰲⰻⱅⰻ (diviti)
- Bulgarian: дивя́ се (divjá se )
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дѝвити
  
  Latin script: díviti
West Slavic:
- Czech: divit
- Polish: dziwić
- Slovak: diviť sa

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*divìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “диви́ться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress