Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ovati
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- (after a palatal consonant) *-evati
Etymology
Cognate with Lithuanian -áuti,[1] Old Prussian -aut. Possibly also with Lithuanian -úoti, Latvian -uot, although Svensson rejects the plausibility of the "uo" sound change.[2]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
*-ovati
- Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Conjugation
Conjugation of *-ovati, *-ova, *-ujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *-ovanьje | *-ovati | *-ovatъ | *-ovalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *-ovanъ | *-ujemъ |
| Active | *-ovavъ | *-uję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *-ovaxъ | *-ova | *-ova | *-ujǫ | *-uješi | *-ujetь |
| Dual | *-ovaxově | *-ovasta | *-ovaste | *-ujevě | *-ujeta | *-ujete |
| Plural | *-ovaxomъ | *-ovaste | *-ovašę | *-ujemъ | *-ujete | *-ujǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *-ovaaxъ | *-ovaaše | *-ovaaše | — | *-uji | *-uji |
| Dual | *-ovaaxově | *-ovaašeta | *-ovaašete | *-ujivě | *-ujita | — |
| Plural | *-ovaaxomъ | *-ovaašete | *-ovaaxǫ | *-ujimъ | *-ujite | — |
Related terms
- *-ivati
- *-avati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ovati
References
- Skok, Petar (1972) “-ovati”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 580
Notes
- ^ Miguel Villanueva Svensson (2014) “The origins of the denominative type Lith. ‑áuti, ‑áuja, OCS ‑ovati, ‑ujǫ”, in Baltistica, volume 49, number 2, , pages 251–264
- ^ Frederik Kortlandt (1995) “Lithuanian verbs in -auti and -uoti”, in Linguistica Baltica, volume 4, pages 141—143