Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voňati

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 *voňь, *voňa.

Verb

*voňàti

1. (intransitive) to smell (have a smell)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *voňati, *voňa, *voňajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*voňanьje	*voňati	*voňatъ	*voňalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*voňanъ	*voňajemъ
Active	*voňavъ	*voňaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*voňaxъ	*voňa	*voňa	*voňajǫ	*voňaješi	*voňajetь
Dual	*voňaxově	*voňasta	*voňaste	*voňajevě	*voňajeta	*voňajete
Plural	*voňaxomъ	*voňaste	*voňašę	*voňajemъ	*voňajete	*voňajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*voňaaxъ	*voňaaše	*voňaaše	—	*voňaji	*voňaji
Dual	*voňaaxově	*voňaašeta	*voňaašete	*voňajivě	*voňajita	—
Plural	*voňaaxomъ	*voňaašete	*voňaaxǫ	*voňajimъ	*voňajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вонꙗти (vonjati), вонѧти (vonęti)
    • Belarusian: ваня́ць (vanjácʹ, “to stink”)
    • Russian: воня́ть (vonjátʹ, “to stink”)
    • Ukrainian: воня́ти (vonjáty, “to stink”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic вонꙗти (vonjati)

    Glagolitic: ⰲⱁⱀⱑⱅⰻ (voněti)

  • Bulgarian: воня́ (vonjá)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: во̀њати

    Latin script: vònjati

  • Slovene: vonjáti
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: voněti
    • Czech: vonět
  • Old Polish: woniać
    • Polish: wonieć
    • Silesian: wōniać
  • Slovak: voňať

References

• Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/voňati”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 679