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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 *lȏvъ (“hunting, hunt”) + *-iti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *law-. Cognate with Lithuanian lavùs (“adroit, clever”), lãvyti, lãvinti (“to train, to develop”), Latvian lavît (“to catch”), although per Derksen the latter verb is probably a Slavic borrowing. Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to capture, enjoy”) (e.g., see Vasmer). Per Derksen, no clear cognates outside of Balto-Slavic.
Verb
*lovìti impf[1][2]
- (ambitransitive) to hunt
- (ambitransitive) to chase, pursue
- (transitive) to catch
Inflection
Conjugation of *loviti, *lovi, *lovitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *lovľenьje
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*loviti
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*lovitъ
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*lovilъ
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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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*lovľenъ
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*lovimъ
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| Active
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*lovľь
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*lovę
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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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*lovixъ |
*lovi |
*lovi
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*lovľǫ |
*loviši |
*lovitь
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| Dual
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*lovixově |
*lovista |
*loviste
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*lovivě |
*lovita |
*lovite
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| Plural
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*lovixomъ |
*loviste |
*lovišę
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*lovimъ |
*lovite |
*lovętь
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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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*lovľaaxъ |
*lovľaaše |
*lovľaaše
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— |
*lovi |
*lovi
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| Dual
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*lovľaaxově |
*lovľaašeta |
*lovľaašete
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*lovivě |
*lovita |
—
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| Plural
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*lovľaaxomъ |
*lovľaašete |
*lovľaaxǫ
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*lovimъ |
*lovite |
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Notes: - (*)*lovivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ловити (loviti) (accent paradigm c)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: ловити (loviti)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: ловя́ (lovjá)
- Macedonian: лови (lovi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ло̀вити
- Latin script: lòviti
- Slovene: lovīti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: loviti
- Old Polish: łowić
- Kashubian: łowic
- Slovak: loviť
- Slovincian: lôvjic
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: łojić
- Lower Sorbian: łoiś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лови́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loviti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 106
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lovìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286: “v. (c) ‘(try to) catch’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “loviti: lovjǫ lovitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 257; PR 140)”