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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/najьti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *na- (“on, upon”) + *jьti (“to go”).
Verb
*najь̀ti pf[1]
- (transitive) to chance upon, to find
- (reflexive) (+ *sę) to stumble across, to find oneself at
Conjugation
Conjugation of *najьti (perf., bitr., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *našьstьje | *najьti | *najьtъ | *našьdlъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *našьstъ | — |
| Active | *našьdъ | — |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *najьd(ox)ъ | *najьde | *najьde | *najьdǫ | *najьdeši | *najьdetь |
| Dual | *najьd(ox)ově | *najьd(e/os)ta | *najьd(e/os)te | *najьdevě | *najьdeta | *najьdete |
| Plural | *najьd(ox)omъ | *najьd(e/os)te | *najьdǫ, *najьdošę | *najьdemъ | *najьdete | *najьdǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | — | — | — | — | *najьdi | *najьdi |
| Dual | — | — | — | *najьděvě | *najьděta | — |
| Plural | — | — | — | *najьděmъ | *najьděte | — |
- Notes:
- In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Derived terms
- *najьdьba (“encounter”)
Related terms
- *vъz(o)jьti (“to accend, to go up”)
- *niz(о)jьti (“to descend, to go down”)
- *dojьti (“to arrive”)
- *perjьti (“to get across”)
- *pojьti (“to depart”)
- *prijьti (“to approach, to come towards”)
- *projьti (“to pass by, to overpass”)
- *ob(о)jьti (“to go around, to evade”)
- *zajьti (“to proceed”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: наити (naiti)
- ⇒ Belarusian: знайсці́ (znajscí), знайсьці́ (znajsʹcí) (Taraškevica)
- Russian: найти́ (najtí)
- Ukrainian: найти́ (najtý)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: знайти́ (znajtý)
- Old East Slavic: наити (naiti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: наити (naiti)
- Bulgarian: на́йда pf (nájda), на́йдувам impf (nájduvam)
- Macedonian: најде (najde)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: на́ћи
- Latin: náći
- Slovene: nájti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: najít
- Polish: najść
- ⇒ Polish: znajdować
- Slovak: nájsť
Further reading
- Georgiev Vl. I., Duridanov I., editors (1995) , “найда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 477
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016) , “najti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “Pslovan. *najiti̋”