Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milovati

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 *milъ +‎ *-ovati.

Verb

*milovati^[1]

to caress, to fondle
to show mercy to

Inflection

Conjugation of *milovati, *milova, *milujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*milovanьje	*milovati	*milovatъ	*milovalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*milovanъ	*milujemъ
Active	*milovavъ	*miluję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*milovaxъ	*milova	*milova	*milujǫ	*miluješi	*milujetь
Dual	*milovaxově	*milovasta	*milovaste	*milujevě	*milujeta	*milujete
Plural	*milovaxomъ	*milovaste	*milovašę	*milujemъ	*milujete	*milujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*milovaaxъ	*milovaaše	*milovaaše	—	*miluji	*miluji
Dual	*milovaaxově	*milovaašeta	*milovaašete	*milujivě	*milujita	—
Plural	*milovaaxomъ	*milovaašete	*milovaaxǫ	*milujimъ	*milujite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: миловати (milovati)
  - Old Ruthenian: миловати (milovati)
    - Belarusian: мі́лаваць (mílavacʹ)
    - Ukrainian: милува́ти (myluváty)
  - Russian: ми́ловать (mílovatʹ), милова́ть (milovátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: миловати (milovati)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⰻⰾⱁⰲⰰⱅⰻ (milovati)
  - Bulgarian: мѝлвам (mìlvam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ми̏ловати
  
  Latin script: mȉlovati
- Slovene: milováti
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: milovati
  - Czech: milovat
- Kashubian: miłowac
- Old Polish: miłować
  - Polish: miłować
  - Silesian: miyłować
- Slovak: milovať

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*milovati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 44