Formed as *zybь ( “ oscillation ” ) + *-ati , but beyond that - of uncertain origin. Compare *xybàti of similar meaning.
*zybati [ 1] [ 2]
to cradle , to rock
to swing
( reflexive ) to hesitate
Conjugation of
*zybati, *zyba, *zybľetь (
impf. ,
-a/j- , s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*zybanьje
*zybati
*zybatъ
*zybalъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*zybanъ
*zybľemъ
Active
*zybavъ
*zybľę
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*zybaxъ
*zyba
*zyba
*zybľǫ
*zybľeši
*zybľetь
Dual
*zybaxově
*zybasta
*zybaste
*zybľevě
*zybľeta
*zybľete
Plural
*zybaxomъ
*zybaste
*zybašę
*zybľemъ
*zybľete
*zybľǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*zybaaxъ
*zybaaše
*zybaaše
—
*zybľi
*zybľi
Dual
*zybaaxově
*zybaašeta
*zybaašete
*zybľivě
*zybľita
—
Plural
*zybaaxomъ
*zybaašete
*zybaaxǫ
*zybľimъ
*zybľite
—
Later reanalyzed among some daughter languages as:
Conjugation of
*zybati, *zyba, *zybajetь (
impf. ,
-a- , s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*zybanьje
*zybati
*zybatъ
*zybalъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*zybanъ
*zybajemъ
Active
*zybavъ
*zybaję
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*zybaxъ
*zyba
*zyba
*zybajǫ
*zybaješi
*zybajetь
Dual
*zybaxově
*zybasta
*zybaste
*zybajevě
*zybajeta
*zybajete
Plural
*zybaxomъ
*zybaste
*zybašę
*zybajemъ
*zybajete
*zybajǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*zybaaxъ
*zybaaše
*zybaaše
—
*zybaji
*zybaji
Dual
*zybaaxově
*zybaašeta
*zybaašete
*zybajivě
*zybajita
—
Plural
*zybaaxomъ
*zybaašete
*zybaaxǫ
*zybajimъ
*zybajite
—
East Slavic:
South Slavic:
West Slavic:
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973 ) “зы́бь ”, in Oleg Trubachyov , transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language ] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Olander, Thomas (2001 ) “zybati: zybjǫ zybjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List [1] , Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a vugge (PR 133) ”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016 ) “zíbati ”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary ] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si : “*zyba̋ti ”