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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ovati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

  • (after a palatal consonant) *-evati

Suffix

*-ovati

  1. Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Conjugation

  • *-ivati
  • *-avati

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -овати (-ovati)
      • Belarusian: -аваць
      • Russian: -овать (-ovatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: -увати (-uvaty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: -овати (-ovati)
    • Bulgarian: -ова- (-ova-), -ува- (-uva-)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -овати
      Latin: -ovati
  • Other:
    • → Romanian: -ui

References

  • Skok, Petar (1971–1974) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: JAZU, page 59
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