Infinitive
xvěti
Supine
xvětъ
L-participle
xvělъ
Verbal Noun
xvěnьje
Aorist
| 1st sing. | xvěxъ |
| 2nd sing. | xvě |
| 3rd sing. | xvě |
| 1st dual | xvěxově |
| 2nd dual | xvěsta |
| 3rd dual | xvěste |
| 1st plur. | xvěxomъ |
| 2nd plur. | xvěste |
| 3rd plur. | xvěšę |
Present
| 1st sing. | xvějǫ |
| 2nd sing. | xvěješi |
| 3rd sing. | xvějetь |
| 1st dual | xvějevě |
| 2nd dual | xvějeta |
| 3rd dual | xvějete |
| 1st plur. | xvějemъ |
| 2nd plur. | xvějete |
| 3rd plur. | xvějǫtь |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | xvěaxъ |
| 2nd sing. | xvěaše |
| 3rd sing. | xvěaše |
| 1st dual | xvěaxově |
| 2nd dual | xvěašeta |
| 3rd dual | xvěašete |
| 1st plur. | xvěaxomъ |
| 2nd plur. | xvěašete |
| 3rd plur. | xvěaxǫ |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | xvěji |
| 3rd sing. | xvěji |
| 1st dual | xvějivě |
| 2nd dual | xvějita |
| 1st plur. | xvějimъ |
| 2nd plur. | xvějite |
Future
Verbs conjugated like xvěti
prъskati,
sikati,
xybati,
xyrěti,
xovati,
xarati,
bьltati,
věťati,
bьrlati,
prędati,
rǫgati,
pěvati,
sěvati,
babrati,
pǫtati,
pǫkati,
brъzgati,
brъskati,
gavъkati,
mъrdati, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
1. Proposed etymologies:
2. * From Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w- (“to wobble”) or *keh₂w- (“to waver, to pulsate”) (in 0-grade) + *-ěti, akin to Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod”). Initial *x- in this case due to PIE *kh-. Discarded as unconvincing by Trubachev (ESSJa).
3. * From Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh₁- (“to sway”), akin to Lithuanian svajóti (“to dream, to hallucinate”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “to embrace”), Dutch Low Saxon sweuen (“to sway in the wind”) (further related to English sway). Initial *xv- in this case from an earlier *sv-.
4. * Possibly of expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Compare Proto-Slavic *svistati (“to whistle”) → *xvistati (“to batter, to thrash”). See: Proto-Slavic '
*kyvati', Sanskrit '
स्वजते', English '
sway', Proto-Slavic '
*svistati'.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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