Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dějati

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

*děti +‎ *-jati

Verb

*dějati impf

1. Alternative form of *děti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dějati, *děja, *dějetь (impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dějanьje	*dějati	*dějatъ	*dějalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dějanъ	*dějemъ
Active	*dějavъ	*děję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dějaxъ	*děja	*děja	*dějǫ	*děješi	*dějetь
Dual	*dějaxově	*dějasta	*dějaste	*dějevě	*dějeta	*dějete
Plural	*dějaxomъ	*dějaste	*dějašę	*dějemъ	*dějete	*dějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dějaaxъ	*dějaaše	*dějaaše	—	*ději	*ději
Dual	*dějaaxově	*dějaašeta	*dějaašete	*dějivě	*dějita	—
Plural	*dějaaxomъ	*dějaašete	*dějaaxǫ	*dějimъ	*dějite	—

Derived terms

• *dějanьje (“action, deed”)
• *dějanъ (“active”)
  • *dobrodějanъ (“virtuous”)
• *dějateľь (“agent”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
    • Belarusian: дзе́яць (dzjéjacʹ)
    • Russian: де́ять (déjatʹ) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: ді́яти (díjaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
  • Bulgarian: дея́я (dejája) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: dejáti
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: dzejac
  • Slovak: dejať

Further reading

• Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дѣять”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 315
• Anikin, A. E. (2019) “дѣꙗти”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 314