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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Iterative of *počiti (“to rest”) + *-vati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-. Probably originally meaning to repose, to stay still - a meaning attested in Indo-European cognates such as Latin quiēscō (“to repose, to rest”), Proto-Germanic *hwīlāną (“to pause for a while”).
Verb
*počivati impf (perfective *počinǫti)
- to rest, to take a break
- (figurative) to die, to pass away
Inflection
Conjugation of
*počivati, *počiva, *počivajetь (
impf.,
-V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*počivatьje
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*počivati
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*počivatъ
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*počivalъ
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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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*počivatъ
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*počivajemъ
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Active
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*počivavъ
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*počivaję
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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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*počivaxъ |
*počiva |
*počiva
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*počivajǫ |
*počivaješi |
*počivajetь
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Dual
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*počivaxově |
*počivasta |
*počivaste
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*počivajevě |
*počivajeta |
*počivajete
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Plural
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*počivaxomъ |
*počivaste |
*počivašę
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*počivajemъ |
*počivajete |
*počivajǫtь
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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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*počivaaxъ |
*počivaaše |
*počivaaše
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— |
*počivaji |
*počivaji
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Dual
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*počivaaxově |
*počivaašeta |
*počivaašete
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*počivajivě |
*počivajita |
—
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Plural
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*počivaaxomъ |
*počivaašete |
*počivaaxǫ
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*počivajimъ |
*počivajite |
—
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Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “почивам, почина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 567
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “počìvati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si