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]^[2]

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

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zъvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[1], University of Vienna, page 6: “*zъva̋ti”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zъvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551

[2] Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[1], University of Vienna, page 6: “*zъva̋ti”

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