Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/padati

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”) +‎ *-ati. Per Derksen, an example of Winter's law.

Verb

*pàdati impf (perfective *padnǫti)

1. to fall, to topple down
2. to encounter, to stumble across

Inflection

Conjugation of *padati, *pada, *padajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*padanьje	*padati	*padatъ	*padalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*padanъ	*padajemъ
Active	*padavъ	*padaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*padaxъ	*pada	*pada	*padajǫ	*padaješi	*padajetь
Dual	*padaxově	*padasta	*padaste	*padajevě	*padajeta	*padajete
Plural	*padaxomъ	*padaste	*padašę	*padajemъ	*padajete	*padajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*padaaxъ	*padaaše	*padaaše	—	*padaji	*padaji
Dual	*padaaxově	*padaašeta	*padaašete	*padajivě	*padajita	—
Plural	*padaaxomъ	*padaašete	*padaaxǫ	*padajimъ	*padajite	—

Alternative forms

• *pàďati

Derived terms

• *dopadati
• *jьzpadati
• *napadati (“to charge, to assault”)
  • *napadateľь (“assaulter”)
• *opadati
• *orzpadati (sę)
• *otъpadati
• *popadati
• *pripadati
• *propadati
• *sъpadati
• *upadati
• *zapadati
• *padadlo (“waterfall”)
• *padavina (“downfall, (for weather) precipitation”)

Related terms

• *pàsti (“to fall”)
• *pastь (“gorge”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: па́даць (pádacʹ)
  • Russian: па́дать (pádatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: па́дати (pádaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: падати (padati)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰰⰴⰰⱅⰹ (padati)

  • Bulgarian: па́дам (pádam)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̏дати

    Latin script: pȁdati

  • Slovene: pādati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: padac
  • Old Czech: padati
    • Czech: padat
  • Old Polish: padać
    • Polish: padać
  • Old Slovak: padať
    • Slovak: padať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: padać
    • Lower Sorbian: padaś

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*padati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 146
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паду́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “падам, падна, паднувам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 999
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “padati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si