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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/praviti

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 *pravъ (“right, straight”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*pràviti impf[1][2]

  1. (transitive) to straighten, to order, to adjust (to set or make straight, right, level, correct)
    1. → to rule, to control, to lead, to be in charge (possibly a calque of Latin regō or Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō))
      Synonyms: *voditi, *ręditi, *kъrmovati
    2. → to cope, to manage, to carry on
      Synonym: *vьršiti
    3. → to do, to make, to produce
      Synonyms: *děti, *činiti, *tvoriti
    4. → to correct, to tend, to mend
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to tell, to discourse, to convey (to pass information, opinion, orders, verdicts)
    Synonyms: *reťi, *kazati
    1. → to preach, to propagate
      Synonym: *propověděti
    2. → to proclaim, to enact
  3. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to pretend, to comply

Inflection
Conjugation of *praviti, *pravi, *pravitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*pravľenьje *praviti *pravitъ *pravilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *pravľenъ *pravimъ
Active *pravľь *pravę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *pravixъ*pravi*pravi *pravľǫ*praviši*pravitь
Dual *pravixově*pravista*praviste *pravivě*pravita*pravite
Plural *pravixomъ*praviste*pravišę *pravimъ*pravite*pravętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *pravľaaxъ*pravľaaše*pravľaaše —*pravi*pravi
Dual *pravľaaxově*pravľaašeta*pravľaašete *pravivě*pravita—
Plural *pravľaaxomъ*pravľaašete*pravľaaxǫ *pravimъ*pravite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*pravivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms
nouns

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: правити (praviti)
  • South Slavic
  • West Slavic

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “praviti: pravjǫ pravitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a udrette (PR 133; MP 26)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “praviti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pra̋viti”
  3. Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “правити”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 449
  4. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “правити”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ – 15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 219

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