Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/debelěti

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

From *debelъ (“fat”) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*debelěti^[1]

to become fat, to thicken

Inflection

Conjugation of *debelěti, *debelě, *debelějetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*debelěnьje	*debelěti	*debelětъ	*debelělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*debelěnъ	*debelějemъ
Active	*debelěvъ	*debelěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*debelěxъ	*debelě	*debelě	*debelějǫ	*debelěješi	*debelějetь
Dual	*debelěxově	*debelěsta	*debelěste	*debelějevě	*debelějeta	*debelějete
Plural	*debelěxomъ	*debelěste	*debelěšę	*debelějemъ	*debelějete	*debelějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*debelěaxъ	*debelěaše	*debelěaše	—	*debelěji	*debelěji
Dual	*debelěaxově	*debelěašeta	*debelěašete	*debelějivě	*debelějita	—
Plural	*debelěaxomъ	*debelěašete	*debelěaxǫ	*debelějimъ	*debelějite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: дебе́леть (debéletʹ)
- Ukrainian: дебеліти (debelity)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дебеле́я (debeléja)
- Macedonian: дебелее (debelee)
- Slovene: debeléti (tonal orthography)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*debelěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 200

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*debelěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 200

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