Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьmati

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *imā́ˀtei, from *ímtei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take”).^[1]^[2] Related to *ętì (“to take”).^[1]

Verb

*jьmàti impf^[1]^[3]

to take
to have

Conjugation

Conjugation of *jьmati, *jьma, *emľetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*jьmanьje	*jьmati	*jьmatъ	*jьmalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*jьmanъ	*emľemъ
Active	*jьmavъ	*emľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьmaxъ	*jьma	*jьma	*emľǫ	*emľeši	*emľetь
Dual	*jьmaxově	*jьmasta	*jьmaste	*emľevě	*emľeta	*emľete
Plural	*jьmaxomъ	*jьmaste	*jьmašę	*emľemъ	*emľete	*emľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьmaaxъ	*jьmaaše	*jьmaaše	—	*emľi	*emľi
Dual	*jьmaaxově	*jьmaašeta	*jьmaašete	*emľivě	*emľita	—
Plural	*jьmaaxomъ	*jьmaašete	*jьmaaxǫ	*emľimъ	*emľite	—

Derived terms

*zajьmati

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: имати (imati)^[4]^[5]^[6]
  - Russian: има́ть (imátʹ) (archaic)
  - Ukrainian: ма́ти (máty)
- Old Novgorodian: имати (imati), ѥмати (jemati)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: имати (imati)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: -е́мам (-émam) (in compounds)
- Macedonian: -ема (-ema) (in compounds)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ѝмати, јѐмати
  
  Latin script: ìmati, jìmati, jèmati
- Slovene: jemáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jímati
  - Czech: jímat
- Polabian: jéimat
- Old Polish: imać
  - Polish: imać (obsolete, literary)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: jëmac
  - Slovincian: jimac
- Slovak: mať, jímať
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jimać
  - Lower Sorbian: jimaś

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьmàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “v. ‘take’”
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “em-, ₑm-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 310-311
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “jьmati: [jemjǫ jemjetь]”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA) / b/c (PR) tage (SA 204; PR 136, 139)”
^ Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1979), “имати”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 6 (зипунъ – иянуарий), Moscow: Nauka, page 225
^ Иоанъ, editor (1076), “не ѥмли”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076]‎^[2], page 296 (148.5), line 2
^ Лаврентеи, editor (1377), “имаху”, in Повѣсти времѧньнꙑх лѣ т [Laurentian Codex]‎^[3], 9th century, page (leaf) 7, line 8

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьmati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 224
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “емлю”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “иметь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 344
В.Б. Крысько (2014), “Маргиналии к "Этимологическому словарю славянских языков" (вып. 34-38)”, in Вопросы языкознания, number 1, Moscow: Наука, page 105

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьmàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “v. ‘take’”

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “em-, ₑm-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 310-311

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001), “jьmati: [jemjǫ jemjetь]”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA) / b/c (PR) tage (SA 204; PR 136, 139)”

[4] Barkhudarov, S. G., editor (1979), “имати”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 6 (зипунъ – иянуарий), Moscow: Nauka, page 225

[5] Иоанъ, editor (1076), “не ѥмли”, in Изборник 1076 года [Izbornik of 1076]‎^[2], page 296 (148.5), line 2

[6] Лаврентеи, editor (1377), “имаху”, in Повѣсти времѧньнꙑх лѣ т [Laurentian Codex]‎^[3], 9th century, page (leaf) 7, line 8

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