Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divovati

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

From *dȋvъ (“astonishment; wonder, miracle”) +‎ *-ovati.

Verb

*divovati impf

1. (intransitive, rare) to admire something, to be amazed by something, to wonder at something
2. (reflexive with *sę) to admire something, to be amazed by something, to wonder at something

Conjugation

Conjugation of *divovati, *divova, *divujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*divovanьje	*divovati	*divovatъ	*divovalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*divovanъ	*divujemъ
Active	*divovavъ	*divuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*divovaxъ	*divova	*divova	*divujǫ	*divuješi	*divujetь
Dual	*divovaxově	*divovasta	*divovaste	*divujevě	*divujeta	*divujete
Plural	*divovaxomъ	*divovaste	*divovašę	*divujemъ	*divujete	*divujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*divovaaxъ	*divovaaše	*divovaaše	—	*divuji	*divuji
Dual	*divovaaxově	*divovaašeta	*divovaašete	*divujivě	*divujita	—
Plural	*divovaaxomъ	*divovaašete	*divovaaxǫ	*divujimъ	*divujite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дивоватисѧ (divovatisę)
    • Old Ruthenian: дивоватисѧ (divovatisja)
      • Belarusian: (dialectal) дзівава́цца (dzivavácca)
      • Ukrainian: дивува́тися (dyvuvátysja), дивува́ти (dyvuváty)
    • Russian: дивова́ться (divovátʹsja)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: (dialectal) диво́вам (divóvam), диву́въм (divúvǎm)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: (Moravian) divovat, dzivovat
  • Polish: dziwować
  • Old Slovak: divovati
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: dzëwòwac
    • Slovincian: dzëwôwac
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: źiwowaś
    • Upper Sorbian: *dźiwować (found in compounds)
      • wobdźiwować