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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/delěti

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, to distribute, to account”)[1]. Cognate (via ablaut) with Latvian dalīt (“to divide”), Lithuanian dalýti, Sanskrit दलति (dalati, “to burst”), Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to account”).

Verb

*delěti impf [2]

  1. to overcome, to overpower

Inflection
Conjugation of *delěti (impf., tr., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*delěnьje *delěti *delětъ *delělъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *delěnъ *delějemъ
Active *delěvъ *delěję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *delěxъ*delě*delě *delějǫ*delěješi*delějetь
Dual *delěxově*delěsta*delěste *delějevě*delějeta*delějete
Plural *delěxomъ*delěste*delěšę *delějemъ*delějete*delějǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *delěaxъ*delěaše*delěaše —*delěji*delěji
Dual *delěaxově*delěašeta*delěašete *delějivě*delějita—
Plural *delěaxomъ*delěašete*delěaxǫ *delějimъ*delějite—

Derived terms
  • *odelěti (“to cope with”)[2]
    • *odolěti (“to overcome, to defeat”)
      • *perodolěvati (“to get over (an obstacle)”)
  • *sъdelěti (“to prevail”)[2]
  • *udelěti (“to overwhelm”)[2]
  • *nadъdelěvati (“to overpower”)[2]
  • *dolja (“share, fate”)
  • *doliti (“to protect”)[3]
  • *dьliti (“to last”)
  • *dьlja (“for, because”)
  • *dьlgъ (“long”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: делѣти (delěti, “to overcome”)
    • Bulgarian: делѐя (delѐja, “to defeat”)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*odolěti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
  2. Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “делея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  3. Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1978), “*doliti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 05, Moscow: Nauka, page 62
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