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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ovati
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- (after a palatal consonant) *-evati
Suffix
*-ovati
- Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Conjugation
Conjugation of *-ovati (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *-ovanьje | *-ovati | *-ovatъ | *-ovalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *-ovanъ | *-ujemъ |
| Active | *-ovavъ | *-uję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *-ovaxъ | *-ova | *-ova | *-ujǫ | *-uješi | *-ujetь |
| Dual | *-ovaxově | *-ovasta | *-ovaste | *-ujevě | *-ujeta | *-ujete |
| Plural | *-ovaxomъ | *-ovaste | *-ovašę | *-ujemъ | *-ujete | *-ujǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *-ovaaxъ | *-ovaaše | *-ovaaše | — | *-uji | *-uji |
| Dual | *-ovaaxově | *-ovaašeta | *-ovaašete | *-ujivě | *-ujita | — |
| Plural | *-ovaaxomъ | *-ovaašete | *-ovaaxǫ | *-ujimъ | *-ujite | — |
Related terms
- *-ivati
- *-avati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -овати (-ovati)
- Belarusian: -аваць
- Russian: -овать (-ovatʹ)
- Ukrainian: -увати (-uvaty)
- Old East Slavic: -овати (-ovati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: -овати (-ovati)
- Bulgarian: -ова- (-ova-), -ува- (-uva-)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: -овати
- Latin: -ovati
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: -ovat
- Polish: -ować
- Slovak: -ovať
- Lower Sorbian: -owaś
- Upper Sorbian: -ować
- Other:
- → Romanian: -ui
References
- Skok, Petar (1971–1974) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: JAZU, page 59