Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paďati

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

From *pàsti (“to fall”) +‎ *-jati (perhaprs levelled out from an earlier a/j-conjugation). Compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *pádyati (whence Sanskrit पद्यते (pádyatē, “to fall, to topple”)).

Verb

*pàďati impf

1. Alternative form of *padati (“to fall”)

Conjugation

Attested:

Conjugation of *paďati, *paďa, *paďajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*paďanьje	*paďati	*paďatъ	*paďalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*paďanъ	*paďajemъ
Active	*paďavъ	*paďaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*paďaxъ	*paďa	*paďa	*paďajǫ	*paďaješi	*paďajetь
Dual	*paďaxově	*paďasta	*paďaste	*paďajevě	*paďajeta	*paďajete
Plural	*paďaxomъ	*paďaste	*paďašę	*paďajemъ	*paďajete	*paďajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*paďaaxъ	*paďaaše	*paďaaše	—	*paďaji	*paďaji
Dual	*paďaaxově	*paďaašeta	*paďaašete	*paďajivě	*paďajita	—
Plural	*paďaaxomъ	*paďaašete	*paďaaxǫ	*paďajimъ	*paďajite	—

Perhaps originally:

Conjugation of *paďati, *paďa, *paďetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*paďanьje	*paďati	*paďatъ	*paďalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*paďanъ	*paďemъ
Active	*paďavъ	*paďę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*paďaxъ	*paďa	*paďa	*paďǫ	*paďeši	*paďetь
Dual	*paďaxově	*paďasta	*paďaste	*paďevě	*paďeta	*paďete
Plural	*paďaxomъ	*paďaste	*paďašę	*paďemъ	*paďete	*paďǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*paďaaxъ	*paďaaše	*paďaaše	—	*paďi	*paďi
Dual	*paďaaxově	*paďaašeta	*paďaašete	*paďivě	*paďita	—
Plural	*paďaaxomъ	*paďaašete	*paďaaxǫ	*paďimъ	*paďite	—

Derived terms

• *paďina (“depression, drop in altitude”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: па́ждам (páždam) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: паѓа (paǵa)

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “паждам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4