Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zobati

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 *zobь +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*zobati

1. (transitive) to peck

   Synonym: *kľuti

Inflection

Conjugation of *zobati, *zoba, *zobľetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*zobanьje	*zobati	*zobatъ	*zobalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*zobanъ	*zobľemъ
Active	*zobavъ	*zobľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zobaxъ	*zoba	*zoba	*zobľǫ	*zobľeši	*zobľetь
Dual	*zobaxově	*zobasta	*zobaste	*zobľevě	*zobľeta	*zobľete
Plural	*zobaxomъ	*zobaste	*zobašę	*zobľemъ	*zobľete	*zobľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zobaaxъ	*zobaaše	*zobaaše	—	*zobľi	*zobľi
Dual	*zobaaxově	*zobaašeta	*zobaašete	*zobľivě	*zobľita	—
Plural	*zobaaxomъ	*zobaašete	*zobaaxǫ	*zobľimъ	*zobľite	—

Conjugation of *zobati, *zoba, *zobajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*zobanьje	*zobati	*zobatъ	*zobalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*zobanъ	*zobajemъ
Active	*zobavъ	*zobaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zobaxъ	*zoba	*zoba	*zobajǫ	*zobaješi	*zobajetь
Dual	*zobaxově	*zobasta	*zobaste	*zobajevě	*zobajeta	*zobajete
Plural	*zobaxomъ	*zobaste	*zobašę	*zobajemъ	*zobajete	*zobajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zobaaxъ	*zobaaše	*zobaaše	—	*zobaji	*zobaji
Dual	*zobaaxově	*zobaašeta	*zobaašete	*zobajivě	*zobajita	—
Plural	*zobaaxomъ	*zobaašete	*zobaaxǫ	*zobajimъ	*zobajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: зобати (zobati)
    • Russian: зоба́ть (zobátʹ)
• South Slavic
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: изоба (izoba)

  • Bulgarian: зобя́ (zobjá), зо́бам (zóbam)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зо̀бати

    Latin script: zòbati

  • Slovene: zóbati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: zobat
  • Old Polish: zobać
    • Polish: (partially) dziobać, dziabać, dzióbać
      • → Belarusian: дзю́баць (dzjúbacʹ)
      • → Russian: дзю́бать (dzjúbatʹ) (dialectal)
      • → Ukrainian: дзю́ба́ти (dzjúbáty)
  • Slovak: zobať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зоб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress