Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klevetati

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 *kleveta +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*klevetati

1. to slander, to calumniate

Inflection

Conjugation of *klevetati, *kleveta, *kleveťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*klevetanьje	*klevetati	*klevetatъ	*klevetalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*klevetanъ	*kleveťemъ
Active	*klevetavъ	*kleveťę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klevetaxъ	*kleveta	*kleveta	*kleveťǫ	*kleveťeši	*kleveťetь
Dual	*klevetaxově	*klevetasta	*klevetaste	*kleveťevě	*kleveťeta	*kleveťete
Plural	*klevetaxomъ	*klevetaste	*klevetašę	*kleveťemъ	*kleveťete	*kleveťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klevetaaxъ	*klevetaaše	*klevetaaše	—	*kleveťi	*kleveťi
Dual	*klevetaaxově	*klevetaašeta	*klevetaašete	*kleveťivě	*kleveťita	—
Plural	*klevetaaxomъ	*klevetaašete	*klevetaaxǫ	*kleveťimъ	*kleveťite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клеветати (klevetati)
    • Ukrainian: клевета́тися (klevetátysja), клевета́ти (klevetáty) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: клеветати (klevetati)

    • ⇒ Russian: клевета́ть (klevetátʹ)
  • Bulgarian: клеветя̀ (klevetjà)
  • Macedonian: клевети (kleveti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: клевѐтати

    Latin script: klevètati

  • Slovene: klevetáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: klevetati