Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plavati

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

Per Vasmer, formed from *plàviti on the basis of the common iterative suffix *-vati. See *plàviti for etymology.

Verb

*plàvati^[1]

to swim
to float
to sail

Inflection

Conjugation of *plavati, *plava, *plavajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*plavanьje	*plavati	*plavatъ	*plavalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*plavanъ	*plavajemъ
Active	*plavavъ	*plavaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plavaxъ	*plava	*plava	*plavajǫ	*plavaješi	*plavajetь
Dual	*plavaxově	*plavasta	*plavaste	*plavajevě	*plavajeta	*plavajete
Plural	*plavaxomъ	*plavaste	*plavašę	*plavajemъ	*plavajete	*plavajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plavaaxъ	*plavaaše	*plavaaše	—	*plavaji	*plavaji
Dual	*plavaaxově	*plavaašeta	*plavaašete	*plavajivě	*plavajita	—
Plural	*plavaaxomъ	*plavaašete	*plavaaxǫ	*plavajimъ	*plavajite	—

Related terms

*plàviti (“to float? to flood? to melt? to wash?”)
*pluti (“to swim, to sail”)
*plyti (“to swim, to sail”)
*plūtò (“flotsam”)
*plъ̀tъ (“raft”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: плавати (plavati)
  - Belarusian: пла́ваць (plávacʹ)
  - Russian: пла́вать (plávatʹ)
  - Ukrainian: пла́вати (plávaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: плавати (plavati)
  - Bulgarian: пла́вам (plávam)
- Macedonian: плива (pliva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: (пли̏вати)
  
  Latin: (plȉvati)
- Slovene: plávati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: plavat
- Old Polish: pławać
- Slovak: plávať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: (płuwaś)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plàvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plàvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plavati

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