Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poznati

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

By surface analysis, *po- +‎ *znati.

Verb

*poznati

1. to know

Conjugation

Conjugation of *poznati, *pozna, *poznajetь (?, -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*znanьje	*poznati	*poznatъ	*poznalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*znanъ	*poznajemъ
Active	*poznavъ	*poznaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*poznaxъ	*pozna	*pozna	*poznajǫ	*poznaješi	*poznajetь
Dual	*poznaxově	*poznasta	*poznaste	*poznajevě	*poznajeta	*poznajete
Plural	*poznaxomъ	*poznaste	*poznašę	*poznajemъ	*poznajete	*poznajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*poznaaxъ	*poznaaše	*poznaaše	—	*poznaji	*poznaji
Dual	*poznaaxově	*poznaašeta	*poznaašete	*poznajivě	*poznajita	—
Plural	*poznaaxomъ	*poznaašete	*poznaaxǫ	*poznajimъ	*poznajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: познати (poznati)
    • Belarusian: пазна́ць (paznácʹ)
    • Russian: позна́ть (poznátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: пізна́ти (piznáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: познати (poznati)

    • Bulgarian: позна́я (poznája)
    • Macedonian: познае (poznae)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̀знати

    Latin script: pòznati

  • Slovene: poznáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: poznati
    • Czech: poznat
  • Old Polish: poznać
    • Polish: poznać
    • Silesian: poznać
  • Old Slovak: poznať
    • Pannonian Rusyn: познац (poznac)
    • Slovak: poznať
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: pòznac
    • Slovincian: pôznac
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: póznać
    • Lower Sorbian: póznaś

Further reading

• ESSJa ^prosp., page 73: “*poznati”