Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zъvati

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (“to call, invoke”). Cognate with Lithuanian žavė́ti (“to fascinate, to charm”), Latvian zavêt (“to cast a spell”), Sanskrit हवते (hávate, “to call, invoke”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (zauuaⁱti, “to call”), Old Armenian ձաւնեմ (jawnem, “to dedicate”), Ancient Greek καυχάομαι (kaukháomai, “to boast”), Irish guth (“voice”).

Verb

*zъvati

1. to call

Inflection

Conjugation of *zъvati, *zъva, *zovetь (?, -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*zъvanьje	*zъvati	*zъvatъ	*zъvalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*zъvanъ	*zovomъ
Active	*zъvavъ	*zovy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zъvaxъ	*zъva	*zъva	*zovǫ	*zoveši	*zovetь
Dual	*zъvaxově	*zъvasta	*zъvaste	*zovevě	*zoveta	*zovete
Plural	*zъvaxomъ	*zъvaste	*zъvašę	*zovemъ	*zovete	*zovǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zъvaaxъ	*zъvaaše	*zъvaaše	—	*zovi	*zovi
Dual	*zъvaaxově	*zъvaašeta	*zъvaašete	*zověvě	*zověta	—
Plural	*zъvaaxomъ	*zъvaašete	*zъvaaxǫ	*zověmъ	*zověte	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: зъвати (zŭvati)
    • Belarusian: зваць (zvacʹ)
    • Russian: звать (zvatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: зва́ти (zváty)
  • Old Novgorodian: звати (zvati)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: зъвати (zŭvati)

    Glagolitic script: ⰸⱏⰲⰰⱅⰻ (zŭvati)

  • Bulgarian: зова́ (zová)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зва̏ти

    Latin script: zvȁti

  • Slovene: zváti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zváti
    • Czech: zvát
  • Kashubian: zwac
  • Polabian: züvĕ (3rd singular)
  • Old Polish: zwać
    • Polish: zwać (literary)
  • Slovak: zvať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “звать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress