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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Extended from an earlier *věti + *-ati (a/je-conjugation), inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀtei, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Verb
*vě̀jati[1][2][3]
- to blow (of wind), to winnow
- *věti (simplex proto-form)
Inflection
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*vějanьje
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*vějati
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*vějatъ
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*vějalъ
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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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*vějanъ
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*vějemъ
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Active
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*vějavъ
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*věję
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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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*vějaxъ |
*věja |
*věja
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*vějǫ |
*věješi |
*vějetь
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Dual
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*vějaxově |
*vějasta |
*vějaste
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*vějevě |
*vějeta |
*vějete
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Plural
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*vějaxomъ |
*vějaste |
*vějašę
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*vějemъ |
*vějete |
*vějǫtь
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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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*vějaaxъ |
*vějaaše |
*vějaaše
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*věji |
*věji
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Dual
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*vějaaxově |
*vějaašeta |
*vějaašete
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*vějivě |
*vějita |
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Plural
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*vějaaxomъ |
*vějaašete |
*vějaaxǫ
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*vějimъ |
*vějite |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣꙗти (vějati)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vě̀jati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519: “v. (a) ‘blow (of wind), winnow’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “věti: vějǫ vějetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 207; PR 133; MP 23)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vě̋ti in *vě̋jati, sed. *vě̋jǫ”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “веять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “веять”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 149
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141