Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slaviti

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 *slava +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*slaviti

1. to praise, to glorify, to celebrate

Inflection

Conjugation of *slaviti, *slavi, *slavitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*slavľenьje	*slaviti	*slavitъ	*slavilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*slavľenъ	*slavimъ
Active	*slavľь	*slavę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slavixъ	*slavi	*slavi	*slavľǫ	*slaviši	*slavitь
Dual	*slavixově	*slavista	*slaviste	*slavivě	*slavita	*slavite
Plural	*slavixomъ	*slaviste	*slavišę	*slavimъ	*slavite	*slavętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*slavľaaxъ	*slavľaaše	*slavľaaše	—	*slavi	*slavi
Dual	*slavľaaxově	*slavľaašeta	*slavľaašete	*slavivě	*slavita	—
Plural	*slavľaaxomъ	*slavľaašete	*slavľaaxǫ	*slavimъ	*slavite	—

Notes:
• (*)*slavivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: сла́віць (slávicʹ)
  • Russian: сла́вить (slávitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сла́вити (slávyty)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: славити (slaviti)

  • Bulgarian: сла̀вя (slàvja)
  • Macedonian: слави (slavi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сла̏вити

    Latin script: slȁviti

  • Slovene: slavíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: slavit
  • Polish: sławić
  • Old Slovak:
    • Pannonian Rusyn: славиц (slavic)
    • Slovak: slaviť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: sławić
    • Lower Sorbian: sławiś

Further reading

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сла̀вя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 833