Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zъvati

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 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

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”). Cognate with Lithuanian žavė́ti (“to fascinate, to charm”), Latvian zavêt (“to cast a spell”), Sanskrit हवते (hávate, “to call, invoke”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (zauuaiti, “to call”), Old Armenian ձաւնեմ (jawnem, “to dedicate”), Ancient Greek καυχάομαι (kaukháomai, “to boast”), Irish guth (“voice”).

Verb

*zъvati[1][2]

  1. to call

Inflection

Conjugation of *zъvati, *zъva, *zovetь (?, -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*zъvanьje *zъvati *zъvatъ *zъvalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *zъvanъ *zovomъ
Active *zъvavъ *zovy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *zъvaxъ *zъva *zъva *zovǫ *zoveši *zovetь
Dual *zъvaxově *zъvasta *zъvaste *zovevě *zoveta *zovete
Plural *zъvaxomъ *zъvaste *zъvašę *zovemъ *zovete *zovǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *zъvaaxъ *zъvaaše *zъvaaše — *zovi *zovi
Dual *zъvaaxově *zъvaašeta *zъvaašete *zověvě *zověta —
Plural *zъvaaxomъ *zъvaašete *zъvaaxǫ *zověmъ *zověte —

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “звать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zъvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
  2. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 6: “*zъva̋ti”
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