Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volsti

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

See *volděti

Verb

*volsti impf

1. to rule, to govern

   Synonym: *volděti

Inflection

Conjugation of *volsti, *volde, *voldetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*voldenьje	*volsti	*volstъ	*voldlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*voldenъ	*voldomъ
Active	*voldъ	*voldy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vold(ox)ъ	*volde	*volde	*voldǫ	*voldeši	*voldetь
Dual	*vold(ox)ově	*vold(e/os)ta	*vold(e/os)te	*voldevě	*voldeta	*voldete
Plural	*vold(ox)omъ	*vold(e/os)te	*voldǫ, *voldošę	*voldemъ	*voldete	*voldǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volděaxъ	*volděaše	*volděaše	—	*voldi	*voldi
Dual	*volděaxově	*volděašeta	*volděašete	*volděvě	*volděta	—
Plural	*volděaxomъ	*volděašete	*volděaxǫ	*volděmъ	*volděte	—

See also

• *volsъ, *voldь

Related terms

• *volděti

Derived terms

• Verbs:
  • *obolsti
• Nouns:
  • *volda
  • *volstь
• Nouns (agent):
  • *voldyka
  • *volstitel'ь
  • *Voldiměrъ

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: власти (vlasti)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlásti

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “володеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “владеть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 156
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “власти”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 272
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “области”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 516