Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)aditi

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

*o(b) +‎ *vaditi (“to accuse, to slander”)

Verb

*o(b)aditi pf (imperfective *o(b)aďati)

1. (transitive) to accuse, to scold
2. (ditransitive) to report (something to someone)
3. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to make a call

   Synonym: *vabiti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *o(b)aditi, *o(b)adi, *o(b)aditь (perf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*o(b)aďenьje	*o(b)aditi	*o(b)aditъ	*o(b)adilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*o(b)aďenъ	—
Active	*o(b)aďь	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*o(b)adixъ	*o(b)adi	*o(b)adi	*o(b)aďǫ	*o(b)adiši	*o(b)aditь
Dual	*o(b)adixově	*o(b)adista	*o(b)adiste	*o(b)adivě	*o(b)adita	*o(b)adite
Plural	*o(b)adixomъ	*o(b)adiste	*o(b)adišę	*o(b)adimъ	*o(b)adite	*o(b)adętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*o(b)adi	*o(b)adi
Dual	—	—	—	*o(b)adivě	*o(b)adita	—
Plural	—	—	—	*o(b)adimъ	*o(b)adite	—

Notes:
• (*)*o(b)adivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms

• *o(b)ada, *ovadьba (“slander”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: обадити (obaditi), обажити (obažiti)
  • Russian: овадитися (ovaditisja, “to be called names”) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: обадити (obaditi)
  • Bulgarian: оба́дя pf (obádja), оба́ждам impf (obáždam)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀бадити

    Latin script: òbaditi; ovaditi (dialectal, in Slavonia)

  • Slovene: ováditi pf, ovājati impf
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: obwadzić

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obvaditi (sę) II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 255
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обада”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress