Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plavati

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

Per Vasmer, formed from *plàviti on the basis of the common iterative suffix *-vati. See *plàviti for etymology.

Verb

*plàvati

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

Inflection

Conjugation of *plavati, *plava, *plavajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

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	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plavaaxъ	*plavaaše	*plavaaše	—	*plavaji	*plavaji
Dual	*plavaaxově	*plavaašeta	*plavaašete	*plavajivě	*plavajita	—
Plural	*plavaaxomъ	*plavaašete	*plavaaxǫ	*plavajimъ	*plavajite	—

Related terms

• *plàviti (“to float? to flood? to melt? to wash?”)
• *pluti (“to swim, to sail”)
• *plyti (“to swim, to sail”)

• *plūtò (“flotsam”)
• *plъ̀tъ (“raft”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: плавати (plavati)
    • Belarusian: пла́ваць (plávacʹ)
    • Russian: пла́вать (plávatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: пла́вати (plávaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: плавати (plavati)
    • Bulgarian: пла́вам (plávam)
  • Macedonian: плива (pliva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: (пли̏вати)

    Latin: (plȉvati)

  • Slovene: plávati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: plavat
  • Old Polish: pławać
  • Slovak: plávať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: (płuwaś)