Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voldati

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

Variant of *volděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *walˀdā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”).

Verb

*voldati

to rule, to reign, to govern

Inflection

Conjugation of *voldati, *volda, *voldajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*voldanьje	*voldati	*voldatъ	*voldalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*voldanъ	*voldajemъ
Active	*voldavъ	*voldaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*voldaxъ	*volda	*volda	*voldajǫ	*voldaješi	*voldajetь
Dual	*voldaxově	*voldasta	*voldaste	*voldajevě	*voldajeta	*voldajete
Plural	*voldaxomъ	*voldaste	*voldašę	*voldajemъ	*voldajete	*voldajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*voldaaxъ	*voldaaše	*voldaaše	—	*voldaji	*voldaji
Dual	*voldaaxově	*voldaašeta	*voldaašete	*voldajivě	*voldajita	—
Plural	*voldaaxomъ	*voldaašete	*voldaaxǫ	*voldajimъ	*voldajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: воло́дати (volódati)
  - Belarusian: вало́даць (valódacʹ)
  - Ukrainian: воло́дати (volódaty)
- Russian: воло́дать (volódatʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: владати (vladati)
  - → Old Ruthenian: влада́ти (vladáti)
    - Belarusian: улада́ць (uladácʹ)
    - Ukrainian: влада́ти (vladáty)
  - → Russian: влада́ть (vladátʹ) (obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вла́дати
  
  Latin script: vládati
- Slovene: vlādati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vládati
  - Czech: vládat (obsolete)
  - → Old Polish: władać
    - Polish: władać
    - Silesian: włŏdać
- Old Polish: włodać
- Slovak: vládať

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Verb

Inflection

Descendants

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