Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gajati
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editOf onomatopoeic nature, formed as ga! + *-jati. Continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *gāˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“to sing”). Cognate with Sanskrit गायति (gā́yati, “to sing”) and akin to Latvian dziêdât (“to sing”), Lithuanian giedóti (“to sing”)[1]. The Baltic forms are enlarged with *-d⁽ʰ⁾-.
Verb
edit*gajati impf[2]
Inflection
editConjugation of *gajati, *gaja, *gajajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*gajanьje | *gajati | *gajatъ | *gajalъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *gajanъ | *gajajemъ |
Active | *gajavъ | *gajaję |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *gajaxъ | *gaja | *gaja | *gajajǫ | *gajaješi | *gajajetь |
Dual | *gajaxově | *gajasta | *gajaste | *gajajevě | *gajajeta | *gajajete |
Plural | *gajaxomъ | *gajaste | *gajašę | *gajajemъ | *gajajete | *gajajǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *gajaaxъ | *gajaaše | *gajaaše | — | *gajaji | *gajaji |
Dual | *gajaaxově | *gajaašeta | *gajaašete | *gajajivě | *gajajita | — |
Plural | *gajaaxomъ | *gajaašete | *gajaaxǫ | *gajajimъ | *gajajite | — |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гаять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gajati II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 219
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “*giedoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gajati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 161