From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- ( “ to call, invoke ” ) . Cognate with Lithuanian žavė́ti ( “ to fascinate, to charm ” ) , Latvian zavêt ( “ to cast a spell ” ) , Sanskrit हवते ( hávate , “ to call, invoke ” ) , Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 ( zauuai ti , “ to call ” ) , Old Armenian ձաւնեմ ( jawnem , “ to dedicate ” ) , Ancient Greek καυχάομαι ( kaukháomai , “ to boast ” ) , Irish guth ( “ voice ” ) .
*zъvati [ 1] [ 2]
to call
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*zъvanьje
*zъvati
*zъvatъ
*zъvalъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*zъvanъ
*zovomъ
Active
*zъvavъ
*zovy
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*zъvaxъ
*zъva
*zъva
*zovǫ
*zoveši
*zovetь
Dual
*zъvaxově
*zъvasta
*zъvaste
*zovevě
*zoveta
*zovete
Plural
*zъvaxomъ
*zъvaste
*zъvašę
*zovemъ
*zovete
*zovǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*zъvaaxъ
*zъvaaše
*zъvaaše
—
*zovi
*zovi
Dual
*zъvaaxově
*zъvaašeta
*zъvaašete
*zověvě
*zověta
—
Plural
*zъvaaxomъ
*zъvaašete
*zъvaaxǫ
*zověmъ
*zověte
—
East Slavic:
Old East Slavic: зъвати ( zŭvati )
Old Novgorodian: звати ( zvati )
South Slavic:
West Slavic:
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973 ) “звать ”, in Oleg Trubachyov , transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language ] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*zъvati ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , →ISSN , page 551
^ Kapović, Mate (2007 ) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch [1] , University of Vienna, page 6: “*zъva̋ti ”