Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫtati

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 *pǫ̀to +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*pǫtati

1. (transitive) to bind, to fetter

   Synonym: *vę̄zàti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *pǫtati, *pǫta, *pǫtajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pǫtanьje	*pǫtati	*pǫtatъ	*pǫtalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pǫtanъ	*pǫtajemъ
Active	*pǫtavъ	*pǫtaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pǫtaxъ	*pǫta	*pǫta	*pǫtajǫ	*pǫtaješi	*pǫtajetь
Dual	*pǫtaxově	*pǫtasta	*pǫtaste	*pǫtajevě	*pǫtajeta	*pǫtajete
Plural	*pǫtaxomъ	*pǫtaste	*pǫtašę	*pǫtajemъ	*pǫtajete	*pǫtajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pǫtaaxъ	*pǫtaaše	*pǫtaaše	—	*pǫtaji	*pǫtaji
Dual	*pǫtaaxově	*pǫtaašeta	*pǫtaašete	*pǫtajivě	*pǫtajita	—
Plural	*pǫtaaxomъ	*pǫtaašete	*pǫtaaxǫ	*pǫtajimъ	*pǫtajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пу́таць (pútacʹ)
  • Russian: пу́тать (pútatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: пу́тати (pútaty)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: спу̀тати

    Latin script: spùtati

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: poutat
  • Old Polish: pętać
    • Polish: pętać
    • Silesian: pantać
  • Slovak: pútať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́тать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress