Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xoliti

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

Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ksalīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ksol-éyeti. Represent a continuation of Proto-Indo-European *ksol-, from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”).

Cognate with Sanskrit क्षालयति (kṣālayati, “to wash, cleanse”), Lithuanian skaláuti (“to wash, rinse”).

Verb

*xòliti (sę) (impf.)

1. to take care of, to look after

Conjugation

Conjugation of *xoliti, *xoli, *xolitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xoľenьje	*xoliti	*xolitъ	*xolilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xoľenъ	*xolimъ
Active	*xoľь	*xolę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xolixъ	*xoli	*xoli	*xoľǫ	*xoliši	*xolitь
Dual	*xolixově	*xolista	*xoliste	*xolivě	*xolita	*xolite
Plural	*xolixomъ	*xoliste	*xolišę	*xolimъ	*xolite	*xolętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xoľaaxъ	*xoľaaše	*xoľaaše	—	*xoli	*xoli
Dual	*xoľaaxově	*xoľaašeta	*xoľaašete	*xolivě	*xolita	—
Plural	*xoľaaxomъ	*xoľaašete	*xoľaaxǫ	*xolimъ	*xolite	—

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

Derived terms

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: хо́лить (xólitʹ, “to take care of, to look after”); хо́литься (xólitʹsja, “indulge”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: холево (xolevo, “punishment”) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: холи́ти (xolýty, “to clean, tidy up”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: хо́ла́ (xólá, “education, supervision, care”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хо̂лити се (“behave arrogantly, persistently”)

    Latin script: hôliti se (“behave arrogantly, persistently”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xoliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 61
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хо́лить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “холи́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 195