Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/minovati

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 *minǫti (“to pass”) +‎ *-ovati.

Verb

*minovati impf

1. to pass

Inflection

Conjugation of *minovati, *minova, *minujetь (impf., -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*minovanьje	*minovati	*minovatъ	*minovalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*minovanъ	*minujemъ
Active	*minovavъ	*minuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*minovaxъ	*minova	*minova	*minujǫ	*minuješi	*minujetь
Dual	*minovaxově	*minovasta	*minovaste	*minujevě	*minujeta	*minujete
Plural	*minovaxomъ	*minovaste	*minovašę	*minujemъ	*minujete	*minujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*minovaaxъ	*minovaaše	*minovaaše	—	*minuji	*minuji
Dual	*minovaaxově	*minovaašeta	*minovaašete	*minujivě	*minujita	—
Plural	*minovaaxomъ	*minovaašete	*minovaaxǫ	*minujimъ	*minujite	—

Related terms

• *mijati (“to pass”)
• *minǫti (“to pass”)
• *mimo (“by, past”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: миновати (minovati)
    • Belarusian: миновати (minóvati) (obsolete)
    • Russian: минова́ть (minovátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: минува́ти (mynuváty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: миновати (minovati)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: мина́вам (minávam)
  • Macedonian: минува (minuva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мино̀вати

    Latin script: minòvati

  • Slovene: minováti (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: minovati
    • Czech: minovat
  • Old Polish: minować
    • Polish: minować

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “минова́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*mei̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 426
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*minǫvati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 51