Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvatiti

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

Causative counterpart to *xvatъ (“grip”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*xvatiti

1. to grasp, to grab, to catch

Inflection

Conjugation of *xvatiti, *xvati, *xvatitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xvaťenьje	*xvatiti	*xvatitъ	*xvatilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xvaťenъ	*xvatimъ
Active	*xvaťь	*xvatę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xvatixъ	*xvati	*xvati	*xvaťǫ	*xvatiši	*xvatitь
Dual	*xvatixově	*xvatista	*xvatiste	*xvativě	*xvatita	*xvatite
Plural	*xvatixomъ	*xvatiste	*xvatišę	*xvatimъ	*xvatite	*xvatętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xvaťaaxъ	*xvaťaaše	*xvaťaaše	—	*xvati	*xvati
Dual	*xvaťaaxově	*xvaťaašeta	*xvaťaašete	*xvativě	*xvatita	—
Plural	*xvaťaaxomъ	*xvaťaašete	*xvaťaaxǫ	*xvatimъ	*xvatite	—

Notes:
• (*)*xvativъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *xvatati
• *xytiti (“to snatch”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: хватити (xvatiti)
    • Old Ruthenian: хвати́ти (xvatíti)
      • Belarusian: хваці́ць (xvacícʹ)
      • Ukrainian: хвати́ти (xvatýty)
    • Russian: хвати́ть (xvatítʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: хватити (xvatiti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱈⰲⰰⱅⰺⱅⰺ (xvatiti)

  • Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam), хва́тя (hvátja) (obsolete, dialectal)
  • Macedonian: фати (fati)
  • Slovene: hvátiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chvátit (literary)
  • Polish: chwacić (obsolete)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: khwóćić
    • Lower Sorbian: chwaśyś (obsolete)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*хvаtiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 123
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хвати́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress