Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volžiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wálˀgīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wolg-éyeti, from *welg- (“moist; wet”). Cognate with Lithuanian válgyti, Latvian val̃g̒ît.

Verb

*volžiti

1. wet, moisten

Inflection

Conjugation of *volžiti, *volži, *volžitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*volženьje	*volžiti	*volžitъ	*volžilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*volženъ	*volžimъ
Active	*volžь	*volžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volžixъ	*volži	*volži	*volžǫ	*volžiši	*volžitь
Dual	*volžixově	*volžista	*volžiste	*volživě	*volžita	*volžite
Plural	*volžixomъ	*volžiste	*volžišę	*volžimъ	*volžite	*volžętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*volžaaxъ	*volžaaše	*volžaaše	—	*volži	*volži
Dual	*volžaaxově	*volžaašeta	*volžaašete	*volživě	*volžita	—
Plural	*volžaaxomъ	*volžaašete	*volžaaxǫ	*volžimъ	*volžite	—

Notes:
• (*)*volživъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *воложити (*voložiti)
    • Old Ruthenian: воло́жити (volóžiti)
      • Belarusian: (dialectal) вало́жыць (valóžycʹ)
      • Ukrainian: воло́жити (volóžyty)
    • Middle Russian: воло́жити (volóžiti) (1534)
      • Russian: (dialectal) воло́жи́ть (volóžítʹ), (obsolete) волóжиться (volóžitʹsja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: влажити (vlažiti) (Russian recension)
  • Macedonian: влажи (vlaži)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вла̏жити

    Latin script: vlȁžiti

  • Slovene: vlážiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlažiti
  • Sorbian
    • Lower Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: włóžnić