Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojevati

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 *bojь +‎ *-ovati.

Verb

*bojevati impf

1. to fight

Inflection

Conjugation of *bojevati, *bojeva, *bojujetь (impf., intr., -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bojevanьje	*bojevati	*bojevatъ	*bojevalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*bojevavъ	*bojuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bojevaxъ	*bojeva	*bojeva	*bojujǫ	*bojuješi	*bojujetь
Dual	*bojevaxově	*bojevasta	*bojevaste	*bojujevě	*bojujeta	*bojujete
Plural	*bojevaxomъ	*bojevaste	*bojevašę	*bojujemъ	*bojujete	*bojujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bojevaaxъ	*bojevaaše	*bojevaaše	—	*bojuji	*bojuji
Dual	*bojevaaxově	*bojevaašeta	*bojevaašete	*bojujivě	*bojujita	—
Plural	*bojevaaxomъ	*bojevaašete	*bojevaaxǫ	*bojujimъ	*bojujite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic: —
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бојѐвати

    Latin script: bojèvati

  • Slovene: bojeváti
  • Bulgarian: боювам (bojuvam)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bojovat
  • Polish: bojować
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: bójowaś

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojevati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 166