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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paziti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *(s)poǵ-eye-ti, a glottalic variant of Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to spectate”). Akin to Icelandic spekja (“to calm”), Old Norse spakr (“wise, visionary”).
Verb
*pàziti impf[1][2]
- to oversee, to look after
- to guard
Inflection
Conjugation of *paziti, *pazi, *pazitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *paženьje | *paziti | *pazitъ | *pazilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *paženъ | *pazimъ |
| Active | *pažь | *pazę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *pazixъ | *pazi | *pazi | *pažǫ | *paziši | *pazitь |
| Dual | *pazixově | *pazista | *paziste | *pazivě | *pazita | *pazite |
| Plural | *pazixomъ | *paziste | *pazišę | *pazimъ | *pazite | *pazętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *pažaaxъ | *pažaaše | *pažaaše | — | *pazi | *pazi |
| Dual | *pažaaxově | *pažaašeta | *pažaašete | *pazivě | *pazita | — |
| Plural | *pažaaxomъ | *pažaašete | *pažaaxǫ | *pazimъ | *pazite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*pazivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *pazačь (“guard”)
- *paziteľь (“guardian”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: па́зити (pázyty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: пазити (paziti)
- ⇒ Romanian: păzi
- Bulgarian: па́зя (pázja, “to safeguard”)
- Macedonian: пази (pazi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: па̏зити
- Latin: pȁziti
- Slovene: páziti
- Old Church Slavonic: пазити (paziti)
Further reading
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “пазя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 11
- пазити in Горох.ua
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*paziti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 392
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “paziti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*pa̋ziti”