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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plavati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Vasmer, formed from *plàviti on the basis of the common iterative suffix *-vati. See *plàviti for etymology.

Verb

*plàvati [1]

  1. to swim
  2. to float
  3. to sail

Inflection
Conjugation of *plavati (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*plavanьje *plavati *plavatъ *plavalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *plavanъ *plavajemъ
Active *plavavъ *plavaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *plavaxъ*plava*plava *plavajǫ*plavaješi*plavajetь
Dual *plavaxově*plavasta*plavaste *plavajevě*plavajeta*plavajete
Plural *plavaxomъ*plavaste*plavašę *plavajemъ*plavajete*plavajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *plavaaxъ*plavaaše*plavaaše —*plavaji*plavaji
Dual *plavaaxově*plavaašeta*plavaašete *plavajivě*plavajita—
Plural *plavaaxomъ*plavaašete*plavaaxǫ *plavajimъ*plavajite—
  • *plàviti (“to float? to flood? to melt? to wash?”)
  • *pluti (“to swim, to sail”)
  • *plyti (“to swim, to sail”)

Descendants
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: plavat
    • Old Polish: pławać
    • Polish: spławiać (“to transport by water”)
    • Slovak: plávať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: (płuwaś)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*plàvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
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