Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvastati

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

Per ESSJa, related to *xvostati. Vasmer opines it is onomatopoeic.

Verb

*xvastati (sę)^[1]

(reflexive) to boast, to brag

Inflection

Conjugation of *xvastati, *xvasta, *xvastajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xvastanьje	*xvastati	*xvastatъ	*xvastalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xvastanъ	*xvastajemъ
Active	*xvastavъ	*xvastaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xvastaxъ	*xvasta	*xvasta	*xvastajǫ	*xvastaješi	*xvastajetь
Dual	*xvastaxově	*xvastasta	*xvastaste	*xvastajevě	*xvastajeta	*xvastajete
Plural	*xvastaxomъ	*xvastaste	*xvastašę	*xvastajemъ	*xvastajete	*xvastajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xvastaaxъ	*xvastaaše	*xvastaaše	—	*xvastaji	*xvastaji
Dual	*xvastaaxově	*xvastaašeta	*xvastaašete	*xvastajivě	*xvastajita	—
Plural	*xvastaaxomъ	*xvastaašete	*xvastaaxǫ	*xvastajimъ	*xvastajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: хваста́ць (xvastácʹ)
- Russian: хва́стать (xvástatʹ)
- Ukrainian: хва́стати (xvástaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: хвастати (xvastati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хва̏стати
  
  Latin script: hvȁstati
- Slovene: hvastáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: chvástat
- Slovak: сhvаstаť

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvastati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 121