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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *govorъ + *-iti, an extension of Proto-Indo-European *gewH- + *-oriti. Cognate with Sanskrit जोगुवे (jóguve, “to call, to invoke”), Ancient Greek γόος (góos, “wailing, weeping”).
Verb
*govorìti impf (perfective *reťi)[1][2]
- to speak, to talk
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*govoriti, *govori, *govoritь (
impf.,
-i-, 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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*govořenьje
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*govoriti
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*govoritъ
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*govorilъ
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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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*govořenъ
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*govorimъ
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Active
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*govořь
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*govorę
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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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*govorixъ |
*govori |
*govori
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*govořǫ |
*govoriši |
*govoritь
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Dual
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*govorixově |
*govorista |
*govoriste
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*govorivě |
*govorita |
*govorite
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Plural
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*govorixomъ |
*govoriste |
*govorišę
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*govorimъ |
*govorite |
*govorętь
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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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*govořaaxъ |
*govořaaše |
*govořaaše
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— |
*govori |
*govori
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Dual
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*govořaaxově |
*govořaašeta |
*govořaašete
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*govorivě |
*govorita |
—
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Plural
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*govořaaxomъ |
*govořaašete |
*govořaaxǫ
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*govorimъ |
*govorite |
—
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Notes: - (*)*govorivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “говор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govoriti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “говор”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*govorìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181: “v. ‘speak, talk’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “govoriti: govorjǫ govoritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tale (PR 139)”