Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volčiti

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volčiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Derived from *velťi.

Verb

*volčiti

1. to drag, to draw, to trail

Inflection

Conjugation of *volčiti, *volči, *volčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*volčenьje	*volčiti	*volčitъ	*volčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*volčenъ	*volčimъ
Active	*volčь	*volčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volčixъ	*volči	*volči	*volčǫ	*volčiši	*volčitь
Dual	*volčixově	*volčista	*volčiste	*volčivě	*volčita	*volčite
Plural	*volčixomъ	*volčiste	*volčišę	*volčimъ	*volčite	*volčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volčaaxъ	*volčaaše	*volčaaše	—	*volči	*volči
Dual	*volčaaxově	*volčaašeta	*volčaašete	*volčivě	*volčita	—
Plural	*volčaaxomъ	*volčaašete	*volčaaxǫ	*volčimъ	*volčite	—

Notes:
• (*)*volčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: волочити (voločiti)
    • Old Ruthenian: волочи́ти (voločíti)
      • Belarusian: валачы́ць (valačýcʹ)
      • Ukrainian: волочи́ти (voločýty)
    • Russian: волочи́ть (voločítʹ)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: влачити (vlačiti)

    • → Old East Slavic: влачити (vlačiti)
  • Bulgarian: вла́ча (vláča)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: вла́чити

    Latin: vláčiti

  • Slovene: vláčiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: vláčet
  • Polabian: vlåcĕt
  • Polish: włóczyć
  • Slovak: vláčiť

Further reading

• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “влача”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 164