Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paziti

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 *(s)poǵ-eye-ti, a glottalic variant of Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to spectate”). Akin to Icelandic spekja (“to calm”), Old Norse spakr (“wise, visionary”).

Verb

*pàziti impf

1. to oversee, to look after
2. to guard

Inflection

Conjugation of *paziti, *pazi, *pazitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*paženьje	*paziti	*pazitъ	*pazilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*paženъ	*pazimъ
Active	*pažь	*pazę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pazixъ	*pazi	*pazi	*pažǫ	*paziši	*pazitь
Dual	*pazixově	*pazista	*paziste	*pazivě	*pazita	*pazite
Plural	*pazixomъ	*paziste	*pazišę	*pazimъ	*pazite	*pazętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pažaaxъ	*pažaaše	*pažaaše	—	*pazi	*pazi
Dual	*pažaaxově	*pažaašeta	*pažaašete	*pazivě	*pazita	—
Plural	*pažaaxomъ	*pažaašete	*pažaaxǫ	*pazimъ	*pazite	—

Notes:
• (*)*pazivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

• *pazačь (“guard”)
• *paziteľь (“guardian”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: па́зити (pázyty) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: пазити (paziti)
    • ⇒ Romanian: păzi
  • Bulgarian: па́зя (pázja, “to safeguard”)
  • Macedonian: пази (pazi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̏зити

    Latin script: pȁziti

  • Slovene: páziti

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пазя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 11
• пазити in Горох.ua