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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *kleveta + *-ati.
Verb
*klevetati[1]
- to slander, to calumniate
Inflection
Conjugation of *klevetati, *kleveta, *kleveťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *klevetanьje
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*klevetati
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*klevetatъ
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*klevetalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*klevetanъ
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*kleveťemъ
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| Active
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*klevetavъ
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*kleveťę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*klevetaxъ |
*kleveta |
*kleveta
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*kleveťǫ |
*kleveťeši |
*kleveťetь
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| Dual
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*klevetaxově |
*klevetasta |
*klevetaste
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*kleveťevě |
*kleveťeta |
*kleveťete
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| Plural
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*klevetaxomъ |
*klevetaste |
*klevetašę
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*kleveťemъ |
*kleveťete |
*kleveťǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*klevetaaxъ |
*klevetaaše |
*klevetaaše
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*kleveťi |
*kleveťi
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| Dual
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*klevetaaxově |
*klevetaašeta |
*klevetaašete
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*kleveťivě |
*kleveťita |
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| Plural
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*klevetaaxomъ |
*klevetaašete |
*klevetaaxǫ
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*kleveťimъ |
*kleveťite |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: клеветати (klevetati)
- Ukrainian: клевета́тися (klevetátysja), клевета́ти (klevetáty) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: клеветати (klevetati)
- Bulgarian: клеветя̀ (klevetjà)
- Macedonian: клевети (kleveti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: клевѐтати
- Latin script: klevètati
- Slovene: klevetáti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klevetati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 17