Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/praviti

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *pravъ (“right, straight”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*pràviti impf[1][2]

  1. (transitive) to straighten, to order, to adjust (to set or make straight, right, level, correct)
    1. → to rule, to control, to lead, to be in charge (possibly a calque of Latin regō or Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō))
      Synonyms: *voditi, *ręditi, *kъrmovati
    2. → to cope, to manage, to carry on
      Synonym: *vьršiti
    3. → to do, to make, to produce
      Synonyms: *děti, *činiti, *tvoriti
    4. → to correct, to tend, to mend
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to tell, to discourse, to convey (to pass information, opinion, orders, verdicts)
    Synonyms: *reťi, *kazati
    1. → to preach, to propagate
      Synonym: *propověděti
    2. → to proclaim, to enact
  3. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to pretend, to comply

Inflection

Conjugation of *praviti, *pravi, *pravitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*pravľenьje *praviti *pravitъ *pravilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *pravľenъ *pravimъ
Active *pravľь *pravę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *pravixъ *pravi *pravi *pravľǫ *praviši *pravitь
Dual *pravixově *pravista *praviste *pravivě *pravita *pravite
Plural *pravixomъ *praviste *pravišę *pravimъ *pravite *pravętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *pravľaaxъ *pravľaaše *pravľaaše — *pravi *pravi
Dual *pravľaaxově *pravľaašeta *pravľaašete *pravivě *pravita —
Plural *pravľaaxomъ *pravľaašete *pravľaaxǫ *pravimъ *pravite —
    Notes:
  • (*)*pravivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “praviti: pravjǫ pravitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a udrette (PR 133; MP 26)”
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “praviti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pra̋viti”

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “правя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 584
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