Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъvati

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

According to Snoj, from *pъvъ +‎ *-ati. Further etymology is uncertain.

Vasmer considers a possible relation with Lithuanian pū́ti (“to rot”), Latvian pūt (“to smell”), which ultimately descend from proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to purify”), but qualifies it as questionable.

Verb

*pъvàti impf

1. to have trust in, to rely

Inflection

Conjugation of *pъvati, *pъva, *pъvajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pъvanьje	*pъvati	*pъvatъ	*pъvalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pъvanъ	*pъvajemъ
Active	*pъvavъ	*pъvaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pъvaxъ	*pъva	*pъva	*pъvajǫ	*pъvaješi	*pъvajetь
Dual	*pъvaxově	*pъvasta	*pъvaste	*pъvajevě	*pъvajeta	*pъvajete
Plural	*pъvaxomъ	*pъvaste	*pъvašę	*pъvajemъ	*pъvajete	*pъvajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pъvaaxъ	*pъvaaše	*pъvaaše	—	*pъvaji	*pъvaji
Dual	*pъvaaxově	*pъvaašeta	*pъvaašete	*pъvajivě	*pъvajita	—
Plural	*pъvaaxomъ	*pъvaašete	*pъvaaxǫ	*pъvajimъ	*pъvajite	—

Derived terms

• *opъvati
• *upъvati (“to rely on, to hope”)

Related terms

• *pъvьnъ (“reliable”)
• *pъtati, *pytati (“to inquire”) (possibly)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: пъвати (pŭvati)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: pwać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “упова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obpъvati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 47