Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolěbati

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

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Verb

*kolěbàti impf

1. (transitive) to rock, to swing
2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to waver

Conjugation

Conjugation of *kolěbati, *kolěba, *kolěbľetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kolěbanьje	*kolěbati	*kolěbatъ	*kolěbalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kolěbanъ	*kolěbľemъ
Active	*kolěbavъ	*kolěbľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaxъ	*kolěba	*kolěba	*kolěbľǫ	*kolěbľeši	*kolěbľetь
Dual	*kolěbaxově	*kolěbasta	*kolěbaste	*kolěbľevě	*kolěbľeta	*kolěbľete
Plural	*kolěbaxomъ	*kolěbaste	*kolěbašę	*kolěbľemъ	*kolěbľete	*kolěbľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaaxъ	*kolěbaaše	*kolěbaaše	—	*kolěbľi	*kolěbľi
Dual	*kolěbaaxově	*kolěbaašeta	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbľivě	*kolěbľita	—
Plural	*kolěbaaxomъ	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbaaxǫ	*kolěbľimъ	*kolěbľite	—

Reanalyzed at a later stage among some descendants as:

Conjugation of *kolěbati, *kolěba, *kolěbajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kolěbanьje	*kolěbati	*kolěbatъ	*kolěbalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kolěbanъ	*kolěbajemъ
Active	*kolěbavъ	*kolěbaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaxъ	*kolěba	*kolěba	*kolěbajǫ	*kolěbaješi	*kolěbajetь
Dual	*kolěbaxově	*kolěbasta	*kolěbaste	*kolěbajevě	*kolěbajeta	*kolěbajete
Plural	*kolěbaxomъ	*kolěbaste	*kolěbašę	*kolěbajemъ	*kolěbajete	*kolěbajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolěbaaxъ	*kolěbaaše	*kolěbaaše	—	*kolěbaji	*kolěbaji
Dual	*kolěbaaxově	*kolěbaašeta	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbajivě	*kolěbajita	—
Plural	*kolěbaaxomъ	*kolěbaašete	*kolěbaaxǫ	*kolěbajimъ	*kolěbajite	—

See also

• *kolyxati, *kolysati (“to rock”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: колѣбати (kolěbati)
    • Old Ruthenian: колѣбати (kolěbati), колибати (kolibati)
      • Ukrainian: колiба́ти (kolibáty)
    • Russian: колеба́ть (kolebátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: колѣбати (kolěbati)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⰾⱑⰱⰰⱅⰺ (kolěbati)

    • Russian Church Slavonic: колѣбати (kolěbati)
  • Bulgarian: колеба́я се (kolebája se)
  • Macedonian: се колеба (se koleba)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: колѐбати

    Latin script: kolèbati

  • Slovene: kolébati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kolébat, kolíbat
  • Old Polish: kolebać, cholebać
    • Polish: kolebać, kolibać (obsolete); cholebać (dialectal)
  • Old Slovak: kolébať
    • Slovak: kolembať; kolíbat (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: kólebaś

    Upper Sorbian: kolebać

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kolěbati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 129
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колеба́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “колебая се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 550