Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolěbati

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

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Verb

*kolěbàti impf^[1]^[2]

(transitive) to rock, to swing
(reflexive) (+ *sę) to waver

Conjugation

Conjugation of *kolěbati, *kolěba, *kolěbľetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kolěbanьje	*kolěbati	*kolěbatъ	*kolěbalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kolěbanъ	*kolěbľemъ
Active	*kolěbavъ	*kolěbľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaxъ	*kolěba	*kolěba	*kolěbľǫ	*kolěbľeši	*kolěbľetь
Dual	*kolěbaxově	*kolěbasta	*kolěbaste	*kolěbľevě	*kolěbľeta	*kolěbľete
Plural	*kolěbaxomъ	*kolěbaste	*kolěbašę	*kolěbľemъ	*kolěbľete	*kolěbľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaaxъ	*kolěbaaše	*kolěbaaše	—	*kolěbľi	*kolěbľi
Dual	*kolěbaaxově	*kolěbaašeta	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbľivě	*kolěbľita	—
Plural	*kolěbaaxomъ	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbaaxǫ	*kolěbľimъ	*kolěbľite	—

Reanalyzed at a later stage among some descendants as:

Conjugation of *kolěbati, *kolěba, *kolěbajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kolěbanьje	*kolěbati	*kolěbatъ	*kolěbalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kolěbanъ	*kolěbajemъ
Active	*kolěbavъ	*kolěbaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaxъ	*kolěba	*kolěba	*kolěbajǫ	*kolěbaješi	*kolěbajetь
Dual	*kolěbaxově	*kolěbasta	*kolěbaste	*kolěbajevě	*kolěbajeta	*kolěbajete
Plural	*kolěbaxomъ	*kolěbaste	*kolěbašę	*kolěbajemъ	*kolěbajete	*kolěbajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaaxъ	*kolěbaaše	*kolěbaaše	—	*kolěbaji	*kolěbaji
Dual	*kolěbaaxově	*kolěbaašeta	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbajivě	*kolěbajita	—
Plural	*kolěbaaxomъ	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbaaxǫ	*kolěbajimъ	*kolěbajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: колѣбати (kolěbati)
  - Old Ruthenian: колѣбати (kolěbati), колибати (kolibati)
    - Ukrainian: колiба́ти (kolibáty)
  - Russian: колеба́ть (kolebátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: колѣбати (kolěbati)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⰾⱑⰱⰰⱅⰺ (kolěbati)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: колѣбати (kolěbati)
- Bulgarian: колеба́я се (kolebája se)
- Macedonian: се колеба (se koleba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: колѐбати
  
  Latin script: kolèbati
- Slovene: kolébati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kolébat, kolíbat
- Old Polish: kolebać, cholebać
  - Polish: kolebać, kolibać (obsolete); cholebać (dialectal)
- Old Slovak: kolébať
  - Slovak: kolembať; kolíbat (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: kólebaś
  
  Upper Sorbian: kolebać

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kolěbati: kolěbjǫ kolěbjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bevæge, vugge (PR 136)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kolebati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *koleba̋ti in *kolěba̋ti”