Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diviti
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright”). Cognates include Sanskrit दीव्यति (dīvyati). For meaning shift cf. *ględati (“to watch”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend- (“to shine”).
Verb
[edit]*divìti
- to look in awe, contemplate
- to cause admiration
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *diviti, *divi, *divitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
---|---|---|---|
*divľenьje | *diviti | *divitъ | *divilъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *divľenъ | *divimъ |
Active | *divľь | *divę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *divixъ | *divi | *divi | *divľǫ | *diviši | *divitь |
Dual | *divixově | *divista | *diviste | *divivě | *divita | *divite |
Plural | *divixomъ | *diviste | *divišę | *divimъ | *divite | *divętь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *divľaaxъ | *divľaaše | *divľaaše | — | *divi | *divi |
Dual | *divľaaxově | *divľaašeta | *divľaašete | *divivě | *divita | — |
Plural | *divľaaxomъ | *divľaašete | *divľaaxǫ | *divimъ | *divite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*divivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*divìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “диви́ться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress