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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dějati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
*děti + *-jati
Verb
*dějati impf[1][2]
- Alternative form of *děti
Conjugation
Conjugation of *dějati (impf., -a/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *dějanьje | *dějati | *dějatъ | *dějalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *dějanъ | *dějemъ |
| Active | *dějavъ | *děję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *dějaxъ | *děja | *děja | *dějǫ | *děješi | *dějetь |
| Dual | *dějaxově | *dějasta | *dějaste | *dějevě | *dějeta | *dějete |
| Plural | *dějaxomъ | *dějaste | *dějašę | *dějemъ | *dějete | *dějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *dějaaxъ | *dějaaše | *dějaaše | — | *ději | *ději |
| Dual | *dějaaxově | *dějaašeta | *dějaašete | *dějivě | *dějita | — |
| Plural | *dějaaxomъ | *dějaašete | *dějaaxǫ | *dějimъ | *dějite | — |
Derived terms
- *dějanьje (“action, deed”)
- *dějanъ (“active”)
- *dobrodějanъ (“virtuous”)
- *dějateľь (“agent”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
- Belarusian: дзе́яць (dzjéjacʹ)
- Russian: де́ять (déjatʹ)
- Ukrainian: ді́яти (díjaty)
- Old East Slavic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
- Bulgarian: дея́я (dejája) (dialectal)
- Slovene: dejáti
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: dejať
Further reading
- Anikin, A. Je. (2019) , “дѣять”, in Russkij etimologičeskij slovarʹ [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), volume 13, Moscow: Nestor-Istorija, page 315
- Anikin, A. Je. (2019) , “дѣꙗти”, in Russkij etimologičeskij slovarʹ [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), volume 13, Moscow: Nestor-Istorija, page 314
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001) , “dějati: dějǫ dějetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 205, 234, 236; PR 133)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016) , “dejati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “Pslovan. *dě̋jati”