Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/upъvati

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 *u- +‎ *pъvati.

Verb

*upъvàti impf

1. to trust, to rely on
2. to hope

Inflection

Conjugation of *upъvati, *upъva, *pъvetь (impf., -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*upъvanьje	*upъvati	*upъvatъ	*upъvalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*upъvanъ	*pъvomъ
Active	*upъvavъ	*pъvy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*upъvaxъ	*upъva	*upъva	*pъvǫ	*pъveši	*pъvetь
Dual	*upъvaxově	*upъvasta	*upъvaste	*pъvevě	*pъveta	*pъvete
Plural	*upъvaxomъ	*upъvaste	*upъvašę	*pъvemъ	*pъvete	*pъvǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*upъvaaxъ	*upъvaaše	*upъvaaše	—	*pъvi	*pъvi
Dual	*upъvaaxově	*upъvaašeta	*upъvaašete	*pъvěvě	*pъvěta	—
Plural	*upъvaaxomъ	*upъvaašete	*upъvaaxǫ	*pъvěmъ	*pъvěte	—

Conjugation of *upъvati, *upъva, *upъvajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*upъvanьje	*upъvati	*upъvatъ	*upъvalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*upъvanъ	*upъvajemъ
Active	*upъvavъ	*upъvaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*upъvaxъ	*upъva	*upъva	*upъvajǫ	*upъvaješi	*upъvajetь
Dual	*upъvaxově	*upъvasta	*upъvaste	*upъvajevě	*upъvajeta	*upъvajete
Plural	*upъvaxomъ	*upъvaste	*upъvašę	*upъvajemъ	*upъvajete	*upъvajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*upъvaaxъ	*upъvaaše	*upъvaaše	—	*upъvaji	*upъvaji
Dual	*upъvaaxově	*upъvaašeta	*upъvaašete	*upъvajivě	*upъvajita	—
Plural	*upъvaaxomъ	*upъvaašete	*upъvaaxǫ	*upъvajimъ	*upъvajite	—

Related terms

• *opъvati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: упова́ть (upovátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: упова́ти (upováty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: оупъвати (upŭvati)
  • Bulgarian: упова́ pf (upová), упова́вам impf (upovávam)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̀фати

    Latin script: ufati

  • Slovene: ȗpati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: úfati
  • Kashubian: duchwac, dupwac
  • Old Polish: ufać
    • Polish: ufać
  • Slovak: úfаť

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