Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/adati

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/adati

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-. Cognates include Lithuanian úosti, Latvian ôst, Ancient Greek όζω (ózō).

Verb

*adati impf[1][2][3]

1. (transitive) to investigate, explore, study

   Synonym: *badati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *adati, *ada, *adajetь (impf., tr., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*adanьje	*adati	*adatъ	*adalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*adanъ	*adajemъ
Active	*adavъ	*adaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*adaxъ	*ada	*ada	*adajǫ	*adaješi	*adajetь
Dual	*adaxově	*adasta	*adaste	*adajevě	*adajeta	*adajete
Plural	*adaxomъ	*adaste	*adašę	*adajemъ	*adajete	*adajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*adaaxъ	*adaaše	*adaaše	—	*adaji	*adaji
Dual	*adaaxově	*adaašeta	*adaašete	*adajivě	*adajita	—
Plural	*adaaxomъ	*adaašete	*adaaxǫ	*adajimъ	*adajite	—

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jadati

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*adati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26: “v. ‘investigate, explore’”
2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*adati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 52
3. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “adati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 150