Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ovati

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

Alternative forms

• (after a palatal consonant) *-evati

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian -áuti, Old Prussian -aut. Possibly also with Lithuanian -úoti, Latvian -uot, although Svensson rejects the plausibility of the "uo" sound change.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

*-ovati

1. Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Conjugation

Conjugation of *-ovati, *-ova, *-ujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*-ovanьje	*-ovati	*-ovatъ	*-ovalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*-ovanъ	*-ujemъ
Active	*-ovavъ	*-uję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*-ovaxъ	*-ova	*-ova	*-ujǫ	*-uješi	*-ujetь
Dual	*-ovaxově	*-ovasta	*-ovaste	*-ujevě	*-ujeta	*-ujete
Plural	*-ovaxomъ	*-ovaste	*-ovašę	*-ujemъ	*-ujete	*-ujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*-ovaaxъ	*-ovaaše	*-ovaaše	—	*-uji	*-uji
Dual	*-ovaaxově	*-ovaašeta	*-ovaašete	*-ujivě	*-ujita	—
Plural	*-ovaaxomъ	*-ovaašete	*-ovaaxǫ	*-ujimъ	*-ujite	—

Related terms

• *-ivati
• *-avati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -овати (-ovati)
    • Old Ruthenian: -овати (-ovati)
      • Belarusian: -аваць (-avacʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: -овати (-ovaty)
      • Ukrainian: -увати (-uvaty)
    • Middle Russian: -овати (-ovati), -овать (-ovatʹ)
      • Russian: -овать (-ovatʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: -овати (-ovati)

  • Bulgarian: -вам (-vam), -увам (-uvam), -овам (-ovam)
  • Macedonian: -ува (-uva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -овати

    Latin script: -ovati

  • Slovene: -ovati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: -ovat
  • Polish: -ować
  • Slovak: -ovať
  • Lower Sorbian: -owaś
  • Upper Sorbian: -ować

References

• Skok, Petar (1971–1974) “Proto-Slavic/-ovati”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1–4 (A – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 59