Infinitive
gavati
Supine
gavatъ
L-participle
gavalъ
Verbal Noun
gavanьje
Participles
Passive
| Past | gavanъ |
| Present | gavajemъ |
Resultative
Aorist
| 1st sing. | gavaxъ |
| 2nd sing. | gava |
| 3rd sing. | gava |
| 1st dual | gavaxově |
| 2nd dual | gavasta |
| 3rd dual | gavaste |
| 1st plur. | gavaxomъ |
| 2nd plur. | gavaste |
| 3rd plur. | gavašę |
Present
| 1st sing. | gavajǫ |
| 2nd sing. | gavaješi |
| 3rd sing. | gavajetь |
| 1st dual | gavajevě |
| 2nd dual | gavajeta |
| 3rd dual | gavajete |
| 1st plur. | gavajemъ |
| 2nd plur. | gavajete |
| 3rd plur. | gavajǫtь |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | gavaaxъ |
| 2nd sing. | gavaaše |
| 3rd sing. | gavaaše |
| 1st dual | gavaaxově |
| 2nd dual | gavaašeta |
| 3rd dual | gavaašete |
| 1st plur. | gavaaxomъ |
| 2nd plur. | gavaašete |
| 3rd plur. | gavaaxǫ |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | gavaji |
| 3rd sing. | gavaji |
| 1st dual | gavajivě |
| 2nd dual | gavajita |
| 1st plur. | gavajimъ |
| 2nd plur. | gavajite |
Future
Verbs conjugated like gavati
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. Onomatopoeic, from the call *ga! + *-vati. Parallel to Proto-Slavic *gajati (“to caw”), Proto-Slavic *gakati (“to croak, to shout”). The colloquial word for “crow” in some regions of Russia and Ukraine is from the same stem: Russian га́вка (gávka), Ukrainian га́ва (háva).
2. Compare English caw, Lithuanian kóvas (“rook”). See: Proto-Slavic '
*gajati', English '
caw'.
Verbs referencing "gavati"
Bulgarian
гавкам.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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