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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věťati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *waitjāˀtei. Equivalent to *větiti + *-jati, from *větъ + *-iti. Cognate with Old Prussian waitiāt (“to say”). Connections outside of Balto-Slavic unclear. Possibly related to Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬀- (aēθa-, “to verdict”).
In most descendants, this verb merged with Proto-Slavic *věščati (“to prophesy”), from *věščь (“proficient”).
Verb
*věťati impf[1]
- to say, to make a claim, to converse
Inflection
Conjugation of *věťati, *věťa, *věťajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *věťanьje | *věťati | *věťatъ | *věťalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *věťanъ | *věťajemъ |
| Active | *věťavъ | *věťaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *věťaxъ | *věťa | *věťa | *věťajǫ | *věťaješi | *věťajetь |
| Dual | *věťaxově | *věťasta | *věťaste | *věťajevě | *věťajeta | *věťajete |
| Plural | *věťaxomъ | *věťaste | *věťašę | *věťajemъ | *věťajete | *věťajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *věťaaxъ | *věťaaše | *věťaaše | — | *věťaji | *věťaji |
| Dual | *věťaaxově | *věťaašeta | *věťaašete | *věťajivě | *věťajita | — |
| Plural | *věťaaxomъ | *věťaašete | *věťaaxǫ | *věťajimъ | *věťajite | — |
Derived terms
- *otъvěťati (“to answer”)
- *oběťati (“to promise, to pledge”)
Related terms
- *větъ (“agreement”)
- *věťe (“counsil”)
- *věti m (“orator”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: Pskov dialectal веча́ть (večátʹ, “to shout”)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: вѣщати (věštati, “to say”), 1sg. вѣщаѭ (věštajǫ)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- → Old East Slavic: вѣщати (věščati, “to say”)
- Belarusian: вяшча́ць (vjaščácʹ, “to broadcast (on the radio)”)
- Russian: веща́ть (veščátʹ, “to broadcast”), 1sg. веща́ю (veščáju)
- Ukrainian: віща́ти (viščáty) (archaic)
- Bulgarian: веща́я (veštája, “to proclaim”) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ве́ћати
- Latin: véćati
- Slovene: vẹ̄čati (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: *věcěti
- Old Polish: wiecać
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “веща́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 148
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “vẹ̄čati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “ветам (се)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 138
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “v. ‘say’”