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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wálˀgīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wolg-éyeti, from *welg- (“moist; wet”). Cognate with Lithuanian válgyti, Latvian val̃g̒ît.
Verb
*volžiti[1][2]
- wet, moisten
Inflection
Conjugation of *volžiti, *volži, *volžitь (?, -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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| *volženьje
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*volžiti
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*volžitъ
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*volžilъ
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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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*volženъ
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*volžimъ
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| Active
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*volžь
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*volžę
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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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*volžixъ |
*volži |
*volži
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*volžǫ |
*volžiši |
*volžitь
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| Dual
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*volžixově |
*volžista |
*volžiste
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*volživě |
*volžita |
*volžite
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| Plural
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*volžixomъ |
*volžiste |
*volžišę
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*volžimъ |
*volžite |
*volžętь
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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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*volžaaxъ |
*volžaaše |
*volžaaše
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*volži |
*volži
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| Dual
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*volžaaxově |
*volžaašeta |
*volžaašete
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*volživě |
*volžita |
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| Plural
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*volžaaxomъ |
*volžaašete |
*volžaaxǫ
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*volžimъ |
*volžite |
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Notes: - (*)*volživъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *воложити (*voložiti)
- Old Ruthenian: воло́жити (volóžiti)
- Belarusian: (dialectal) вало́жыць (valóžycʹ)
- Ukrainian: воло́жити (volóžyty)
- Middle Russian: воло́жити (volóžiti) (1534)
- Russian: (dialectal) воло́жи́ть (volóžítʹ), (obsolete) волóжиться (volóžitʹsja)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Church Slavonic: влажити (vlažiti) (Russian recension)
- Macedonian: влажи (vlaži)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: вла̏жити
- Latin script: vlȁžiti
- Slovene: vlážiti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*volžiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527: “v. ‘wet, moisten’”
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2014) “воло́жить”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 155: “*volžiti”