Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/najьti

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 *h₂en-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō

Proto-Slavic *na

Proto-Slavic *na-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *éitei

Proto-Slavic *jьti

Proto-Slavic *najьti

From *na- (“on, upon”) +‎ *jьti (“to go”).

Verb

*najь̀ti pf

1. (transitive) to chance upon, to find
2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to stumble across, to find oneself at

Conjugation

Conjugation of *najьti, *najьde, *najьdetь (perf., bitr., suppletive -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*našьstьje	*najьti	*najьtъ	*našьdlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*našьstъ	—
Active	*našьdъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*najьd(ox)ъ	*najьde	*najьde	*najьdǫ	*najьdeši	*najьdetь
Dual	*najьd(ox)ově	*najьd(e/os)ta	*najьd(e/os)te	*najьdevě	*najьdeta	*najьdete
Plural	*najьd(ox)omъ	*najьd(e/os)te	*najьdǫ, *najьdošę	*najьdemъ	*najьdete	*najьdǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*najьdi	*najьdi
Dual	—	—	—	*najьděvě	*najьděta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*najьděmъ	*najьděte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms

• *najьdьba (“encounter”)

Related terms

• *dojьti (“to arrive”)
• *niz(о)jьti (“to descend, to go down”)
• *ob(о)jьti (“to go around, to evade”)
• *perjьti (“to get across”)
• *pojьti (“to depart”)
• *prijьti (“to approach, to come towards”)
• *projьti (“to pass by, to overpass”)
• *vъz(o)jьti (“to accend, to go up”)
• *zajьti (“to proceed”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: наити (naiti)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: знайсці́ (znajscí), знайсьці́ (znajsʹcí) (Taraškevica)
    • Russian: найти́ (najtí)
    • Ukrainian: найти́ (najtý)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: знайти́ (znajtý)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: наити (naiti)
  • Bulgarian: на́йда pf (nájda), на́йдувам impf (nájduvam)
  • Macedonian: најде (najde)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: на́ћи
    • Latin script: náći
  • Slovene: nájti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: najíti
    • Czech: najít
  • Old Polish: najć
    • Polish: najść
  • Old Slovak: nájsť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: найсц (najsc)
    • Slovak: nájsť

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “найда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 477