Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tějati
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Per Vasmer, possibly related to Latvian tievêt (“to strive for”), tĩtît (“to be stubborn, to be annoyed”) (1sg. tĩtĩju), tītinât (“to tease, to annoy”), Lithuanian titinoti (“to brag”).
Verb
*tějati
- to undertake?
Inflection
Conjugation of *tějati, *těja, *tějetь (?, -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *tějanьje | *tějati | *tějatъ | *tějalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *tějanъ | *tějemъ |
| Active | *tějavъ | *těję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *tějaxъ | *těja | *těja | *tějǫ | *těješi | *tějetь |
| Dual | *tějaxově | *tějasta | *tějaste | *tějevě | *tějeta | *tějete |
| Plural | *tějaxomъ | *tějaste | *tějašę | *tějemъ | *tějete | *tějǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *tějaaxъ | *tějaaše | *tějaaše | — | *těji | *těji |
| Dual | *tějaaxově | *tějaašeta | *tějaašete | *tějivě | *tějita | — |
| Plural | *tějaaxomъ | *tějaašete | *tějaaxǫ | *tějimъ | *tějite | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: заце́яць (zacjéjacʹ)
- ⇒ Russian: зате́ять (zatéjatʹ)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: ви́тіяти (výtijaty)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зате́я”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress