Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/toviti

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *táweitei, from Proto-Indo-European *towh₂-éye-ti, causative of *tewh₂- (“to crowd, swell”).

Verb

*toviti

1. (transitive) to fatten (to cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter)

Inflection

Conjugation of *toviti, *tovi, *tovitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tovľenьje	*toviti	*tovitъ	*tovilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tovľenъ	*tovimъ
Active	*tovľь	*tovę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tovixъ	*tovi	*tovi	*tovľǫ	*toviši	*tovitь
Dual	*tovixově	*tovista	*toviste	*tovivě	*tovita	*tovite
Plural	*tovixomъ	*toviste	*tovišę	*tovimъ	*tovite	*tovętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tovľaaxъ	*tovľaaše	*tovľaaše	—	*tovi	*tovi
Dual	*tovľaaxově	*tovľaašeta	*tovľaašete	*tovivě	*tovita	—
Plural	*tovľaaxomъ	*tovľaašete	*tovľaaxǫ	*tovimъ	*tovite	—

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

Related terms

nouns

• *tȗkъ
• *tỳlъ
• *tỳsǫti

 

verb

• *tỳti

 

Descendants

• South Slavic
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: то̀вити

    Latin script: tòviti