Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posylati

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 *po- +‎ *sylati.

Verb

*posylàti impf (perfective *posъlàti)

1. to send, to delegate
2. to assign (task, mission)

Inflection

Conjugation of *posylati, *posyla, *posylajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*posylanьje	*posylati	*posylatъ	*posylalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*posylanъ	*posylajemъ
Active	*posylavъ	*posylaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*posylaxъ	*posyla	*posyla	*posylajǫ	*posylaješi	*posylajetь
Dual	*posylaxově	*posylasta	*posylaste	*posylajevě	*posylajeta	*posylajete
Plural	*posylaxomъ	*posylaste	*posylašę	*posylajemъ	*posylajete	*posylajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*posylaaxъ	*posylaaše	*posylaaše	—	*posylaji	*posylaji
Dual	*posylaaxově	*posylaašeta	*posylaašete	*posylajivě	*posylajita	—
Plural	*posylaaxomъ	*posylaašete	*posylaaxǫ	*posylajimъ	*posylajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пасыла́ць (pasylácʹ)
  • Russian: посыла́ть (posylátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: посила́ти (posyláty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: посꙑлати (posylati)
  • Bulgarian: поси́лам (posílam) (dated)
  • ⇒ Slovene: pošíljati
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: posyłać

Further reading

• Snoj, Marko (2016) “pošíljati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si