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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 *tъlmáčь + *-iti.
Verb
*tъlmačiti
- (ambitransitive) to interpret, to translate
- Synonyms: *perklasti, *pervesti
- (transitive) to explain
Inflection
Conjugation of *tъlmačiti, *tъlmači, *tъlmačitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*tъlmačenьje
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*tъlmačiti
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*tъlmačitъ
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*tъlmačilъ
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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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*tъlmačenъ
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*tъlmačimъ
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Active
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*tъlmačь
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*tъlmačę
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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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*tъlmačixъ |
*tъlmači |
*tъlmači
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*tъlmačǫ |
*tъlmačiši |
*tъlmačitь
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Dual
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*tъlmačixově |
*tъlmačista |
*tъlmačiste
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*tъlmačivě |
*tъlmačita |
*tъlmačite
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Plural
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*tъlmačixomъ |
*tъlmačiste |
*tъlmačišę
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*tъlmačimъ |
*tъlmačite |
*tъlmačętь
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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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*tъlmačaaxъ |
*tъlmačaaše |
*tъlmačaaše
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*tъlmači |
*tъlmači
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Dual
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*tъlmačaaxově |
*tъlmačaašeta |
*tъlmačaašete
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*tъlmačivě |
*tъlmačita |
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Plural
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*tъlmačaaxomъ |
*tъlmačaašete |
*tъlmačaaxǫ
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*tъlmačimъ |
*tъlmačite |
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Notes: - (*)*tъlmačivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тълмачити (tŭlmačiti)
- Russian: толма́чить (tolmáčitʹ)
- Ukrainian: товма́чити (tovmáčyty)
- South Slavic
- Macedonian: то́лмачи (tólmači) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: тума́чити
- Latin script: tumáčiti
- Slovene: tolmáčiti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic
- Old Czech: tlumačiti
- Kashubian: tłomaczëc, tłómaczëc
- Old Polish: tłumaczyć
- Slovak: tlmočiť
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толма́ч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress