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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posъlati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *po- + *sъlati.
Verb
*posъlàti pf (imperfective *posylati)[1]
- to send, to delegate
- to assign (task, mission)
Inflection
Conjugation of *posъlati (perf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *posъlanьje | *posъlati | *posъlatъ | *posъlalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *posъlanъ | — |
| Active | *posъlavъ | — |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *posъlaxъ | *posъla | *posъla | *posъľǫ | *posъľeši | *posъľetь |
| Dual | *posъlaxově | *posъlasta | *posъlaste | *posъľevě | *posъľeta | *posъľete |
| Plural | *posъlaxomъ | *posъlaste | *posъlašę | *posъľemъ | *posъľete | *posъľǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | — | — | — | — | *posъľi | *posъľi |
| Dual | — | — | — | *posъľivě | *posъľita | — |
| Plural | — | — | — | *posъľimъ | *posъľite | — |
- Notes:
- In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Derived terms
- *posъlъ (“messenger; task, assignment”)
- *posъlanьje (“message”)
- *posъlanikъ, *posъlanьcь (“messenger”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пасла́ць (paslácʹ)
- Russian: посла́ть (poslátʹ)
- Ukrainian: посла́ти (posláty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: посълати (posŭlati), посьлати (posĭlati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: по̀слати
- Latin: pòslati
- Slovene: posláti
- West Slavic:
- Czech: poslat
- Polish: posłać
- Slovak: poslať
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “poslati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “Pslovan. *posъla̋ti, sed. *posъl'ǫ̋”