Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dějati

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

*děti +‎ *-jati

Verb

*dějati impf^[1]^[2]

alternative form of *děti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dějati, *děja, *dějetь (impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dějanьje	*dějati	*dějatъ	*dějalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dějanъ	*dějemъ
Active	*dějavъ	*děję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dějaxъ	*děja	*děja	*dějǫ	*děješi	*dějetь
Dual	*dějaxově	*dějasta	*dějaste	*dějevě	*dějeta	*dějete
Plural	*dějaxomъ	*dějaste	*dějašę	*dějemъ	*dějete	*dějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dějaaxъ	*dějaaše	*dějaaše	—	*ději	*ději
Dual	*dějaaxově	*dějaašeta	*dějaašete	*dějivě	*dějita	—
Plural	*dějaaxomъ	*dějaašete	*dějaaxǫ	*dějimъ	*dějite	—

Derived terms

*dějanьje (“action, deed”)
*dějanъ (“active”)
- *dobrodějanъ (“virtuous”)
*dějateľь (“agent”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
  - Belarusian: дзе́яць (dzjéjacʹ)
  - Russian: де́ять (déjatʹ) (archaic)
  - Ukrainian: ді́яти (díjaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
- Bulgarian: дея́я (dejája) (dialectal)
- Slovene: dejáti
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: dzejac
- Slovak: dejať

Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дѣять”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 315
Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дѣꙗти”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 314

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dějati: dějǫ dějetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 205, 234, 236; PR 133)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “dejati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dě̋jati”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001) “dějati: dějǫ dějetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 205, 234, 236; PR 133)”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “dejati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dě̋jati”

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