Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dějati

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t

Proto-Balto-Slavic *dḗˀtei

Proto-Slavic *děti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *-ati

Proto-Slavic *dějati

From *děti + *-ati.

Verb

*dějati impf^[1]^[2]

alternative form of *děti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dějati, *děja, *dějetь (impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dějanьje	*dějati	*dějatъ	*dějalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dějanъ	*dějemъ
Active	*dějavъ	*děję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dějaxъ	*děja	*děja	*dějǫ	*děješi	*dějetь
Dual	*dějaxově	*dějasta	*dějaste	*dějevě	*dějeta	*dějete
Plural	*dějaxomъ	*dějaste	*dějašę	*dějemъ	*dějete	*dějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dějaaxъ	*dějaaše	*dějaaše	—	*ději	*ději
Dual	*dějaaxově	*dějaašeta	*dějaašete	*dějivě	*dějita	—
Plural	*dějaaxomъ	*dějaašete	*dějaaxǫ	*dějimъ	*dějite	—

Derived terms

*dějanьje (“action, deed”)
*dějanъ (“active”)
- *dobrodějanъ (“virtuous”)
*dějateľь (“agent”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
  - Belarusian: дзе́яць (dzjéjacʹ)
  - Russian: де́ять (déjatʹ) (archaic)
  - Ukrainian: ді́яти (díjaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дѣꙗти (dějati)
- Bulgarian: дея́я (dejája) (dialectal)
- Slovene: dejáti
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: dzejac
- Slovak: dejať

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “dějati: dějǫ dějetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 205, 234, 236; PR 133)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “dejati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dě̋jati”