Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/počivati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Iterative of *počiti (“to rest”) +‎ *-vati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-. Probably originally meaning to repose, to stay still - a meaning attested in Indo-European cognates such as Latin quiēscō (“to repose, to rest”), Proto-Germanic *hwīlāną (“to pause for a while”).

Verb

*počivati impf (perfective *počinǫti)

to rest, to take a break
(figuratively) to die, to pass away

Inflection

Conjugation of *počivati (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*počivatьje	*počivati	*počivatъ	*počivalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*počivatъ	*počivajemъ
Active	*počivavъ	*počivaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*počivaxъ	*počiva	*počiva	*počivajǫ	*počivaješi	*počivajetь
Dual	*počivaxově	*počivasta	*počivaste	*počivajevě	*počivajeta	*počivajete
Plural	*počivaxomъ	*počivaste	*počivašę	*počivajemъ	*počivajete	*počivajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*počivaaxъ	*počivaaše	*počivaaše	—	*počivaji	*počivaji
Dual	*počivaaxově	*počivaašeta	*počivaašete	*počivajivě	*počivajita	—
Plural	*počivaaxomъ	*počivaašete	*počivaaxǫ	*počivajimъ	*počivajite	—

Derived terms

*jьzpočivati
*otъpočivati
*sъpočivati

Related terms

*pokojь (“rest”)
*sъpokojьnъ (“calm, composed”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: почива́ть (počivátʹ)
- Ukrainian: спочива́ти (spočyváty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: почивати (počivati)
- Bulgarian: почи́вам (počívam)
- Macedonian: почива (počiva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: почѝвати
  Latin: počìvati
- Slovene: počívati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: poczywać
  - Polish: odpoczywać
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wótpočywaś
  - Upper Sorbian: wotpočować