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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From an earlier *skovati, (per Berneker, Brückner) most likely from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, to perceive”) via semantic shift to observe → to overwatch, guard → to take care. Similar development as in Proto-Slavic *čuvati (“to hear”) > Macedonian чува (čuva, “to preserve”), dial. Bulgarian чу́вам (čúvam, “to overwatch, to tend”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look”) and related to Ancient Greek θυο-σκόος (thuo-skóos, “priest”, literally “watching the victim”). Without initial s-: Ancient Greek κοέω (koéō, “to notice, note, remark”), Latin cavēre (“to guard, abide by, (be)ware, watch out”), Sanskrit कवि (kavi, “overseer, shepherd”).
Alternatively, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) with semantic development to cover → to hide, to shield → to take care of.
Verb
*xovati impf (perfective *xovovati)
- to take care, to heed, to tend → to raise, to upbring
- Synonyms: *bergťi, *kutiti
- to hide, to shield (in order to protect)
- Synonyms: *sъkryvati, *prętati
- to feed (secondary)
- (reflexive) (+ *sę) to care for oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*xovati, *xova, *xovajetь (
impf.,
-a-, 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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*xovanьje
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*xovati
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*xovatъ
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*xovalъ
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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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*xovanъ
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*xovajemъ
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Active
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*xovavъ
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*xovaję
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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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*xovaxъ |
*xova |
*xova
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*xovajǫ |
*xovaješi |
*xovajetь
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Dual
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*xovaxově |
*xovasta |
*xovaste
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*xovajevě |
*xovajeta |
*xovajete
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Plural
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*xovaxomъ |
*xovaste |
*xovašę
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*xovajemъ |
*xovajete |
*xovajǫtь
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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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*xovaaxъ |
*xovaaše |
*xovaaše
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— |
*xovaji |
*xovaji
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Dual
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*xovaaxově |
*xovaašeta |
*xovaašete
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*xovajivě |
*xovajita |
—
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Plural
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*xovaaxomъ |
*xovaašete |
*xovaaxǫ
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*xovajimъ |
*xovajite |
—
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Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ховати (xovati)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ховать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xovati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 86