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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diviti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright”). Cognates include Sanskrit दीव्यति (dīvyati). For meaning shift cf. *ględati (“to watch”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend- (“to shine”).
Verb
*divìti
- to look in awe, contemplate
- to cause admiration
Inflection
Conjugation of *diviti, *diviti, *divititь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *diviťenьje | *diviti | *divitъ | *divitilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *diviťenъ | *divitimъ |
| Active | *diviťь | *divitę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *divitixъ | *diviti | *diviti | *diviťǫ | *divitiši | *divititь |
| Dual | *divitixově | *divitista | *divitiste | *divitivě | *divitita | *divitite |
| Plural | *divitixomъ | *divitiste | *divitišę | *divitimъ | *divitite | *divitętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *diviťaaxъ | *diviťaaše | *diviťaaše | — | *diviti | *diviti |
| Dual | *diviťaaxově | *diviťaašeta | *diviťaašete | *divitivě | *divitita | — |
| Plural | *diviťaaxomъ | *diviťaašete | *diviťaaxǫ | *divitimъ | *divitite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*divitivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *divo
- *divъ
- *divьnъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: диви́ться (divítʹsja)
- Ukrainian: диви́тися (dyvýtysja)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: дивити (diviti)
- Glagolitic: ⰴⰻⰲⰻⱅⰻ (diviti)
- Bulgarian: дивя́ се (divjá se )
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дѝвити
- Latin: díviti
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: divit
- Polish: dziwić
- Slovak: diviť sa
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*divìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “диви́ться”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress