Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьdati

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-Balto-Slavic *źeidā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéydʰ-y-eh₂-ti, from *ǵʰéydʰ-, a metathesized form of *dʰeyǵʰ-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian žiẽsti (“form (from clay)”), Latvian zìest (“coat with clay”).

Verb

*zьdati

to mold, to form out of clay

Conjugation

Conjugation of *zьdati, *zьda, *ziďetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*zьdanьje	*zьdati	*zьdatъ	*zьdalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*zьdanъ	*ziďemъ
Active	*zьdavъ	*ziďę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zьdaxъ	*zьda	*zьda	*ziďǫ	*ziďeši	*ziďetь
Dual	*zьdaxově	*zьdasta	*zьdaste	*ziďevě	*ziďeta	*ziďete
Plural	*zьdaxomъ	*zьdaste	*zьdašę	*ziďemъ	*ziďete	*ziďǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zьdaaxъ	*zьdaaše	*zьdaaše	—	*ziďi	*ziďi
Dual	*zьdaaxově	*zьdaašeta	*zьdaašete	*ziďivě	*ziďita	—
Plural	*zьdaaxomъ	*zьdaašete	*zьdaaxǫ	*ziďimъ	*ziďite	—

Derived terms

nouns

*zьdunъ

verbs

Related terms

*děža
*zьditi
*zidъ, *zьdь (“wall”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: зьдати (zĭdati)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: зьдати (zĭdati)
  
  Glagolitic:
- Bulgarian: зи́дам (zídam)
- Macedonian: ѕида (dzida)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зи́дати
  
  Latin script: zídati
- Slovene: zídati

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-здать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress