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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otъvěťati
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *otvěťati
- *otъvětati
Etymology
From *otъvětiti + *-ati; see also *otъ-, *věťati.
Verb
*otъvěťati impf
- to answer
Inflection
Conjugation of *otъvěťati, *otъvěťa, *otъvěťajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *otъvěťanьje | *otъvěťati | *otъvěťatъ | *otъvěťalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *otъvěťanъ | *otъvěťajemъ |
| Active | *otъvěťavъ | *otъvěťaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *otъvěťaxъ | *otъvěťa | *otъvěťa | *otъvěťajǫ | *otъvěťaješi | *otъvěťajetь |
| Dual | *otъvěťaxově | *otъvěťasta | *otъvěťaste | *otъvěťajevě | *otъvěťajeta | *otъvěťajete |
| Plural | *otъvěťaxomъ | *otъvěťaste | *otъvěťašę | *otъvěťajemъ | *otъvěťajete | *otъvěťajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *otъvěťaaxъ | *otъvěťaaše | *otъvěťaaše | — | *otъvěťaji | *otъvěťaji |
| Dual | *otъvěťaaxově | *otъvěťaašeta | *otъvěťaašete | *otъvěťajivě | *otъvěťajita | — |
| Plural | *otъvěťaaxomъ | *otъvěťaašete | *otъvěťaaxǫ | *otъvěťajimъ | *otъvěťajite | — |
Related terms
- *věťati (“to say”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: отъвѣчати (otŭvěčati), отъвѣтати (otŭvětati)
- Belarusian: dialectal адвяча́ць (advjačácʹ)
- Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ), 1sg. отвеча́ю (otvečáju)
- Ukrainian: відвіча́ти (vidvičáty), 1sg. відвіча́ю (vidvičáju)
- Old East Slavic: отъвѣчати (otŭvěčati), отъвѣтати (otŭvětati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: отъвѣщати (otŭvěštati), 1sg. отъвѣщаѭ (otŭvěštajǫ)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: отвѣщаѭ (otvěštajǫ) (archaic; Gerov's dictionary)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: одвијећати, 1sg. одвијећам; одвијетати, 1sg. одвијетам
- Latin: odvijećati, 1sg. odvijećam; odvijetati, 1sg. odvijetam
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: archaic odveceti
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ot(ъ)větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 383
- Zhuravlev, A. F., editor (2014), “*otъvět(j)ati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 83