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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěvati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 1

Limited to South Slavic, formed as *sijati (to shine, to illuminate) + *-vati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (to shine).

Verb

*sěvàti impf [1]

  1. to irradiate, to glimmer, to emit light
Inflection
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ся̀вам (sjàvam, to glimmer, to blink)
      • Bulgarian: ося̀вам (osjàvam, to enlighten) (+ о- (o-))
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: се́вати
      Latin: sévati
    • Slovene: sẹ́vati
Further reading
  • Todorov T., editor (2010), сявам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 718

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), sẹ́vati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*sěva̋ti”

Etymology 2

Indirectly attested in derivatives, formed as *sěti (to sew) + *-vati, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (to sow, to plant).

Verb

*sěvati impf

  1. to plant, to sow (intensive)
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *sěvъ, *posěvъ, *zasěvъ (crops, sowing)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: -сева́ть (-sevátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: -ся̀вам (-sjàvam)
      • Bulgarian: зася̀вам (zasjàvam), насявам (nasjavam), разсявам (razsjavam), посявам (posjavam), всявам (vsjavam)
    • Macedonian: -сeва (-seva)
      • Macedonian: засева (zaseva), насева (naseva), посева (poseva), всева (vseva)
    • Slovene: zasẹ́vati, vsẹ́vati
Further reading
  • Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (2002), сeя¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 628

Etymology 3

Indirectly attested in derivatives, formed as *sěti (to sieve) + *-vati, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁y- (to sieve).

Verb

*sěvati impf

  1. to sieve (intensive)
  2. to strain (intensive)
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *persěvъka (screening, sieving)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: -сева́ть (-sevátʹ)
      • Russian: отсева́ть (otsevátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: -ся̀вам (-sjàvam)
      • Bulgarian: пресявам (presjavam), отсявам (otsjavam)
    • Macedonian: -сeва (-seva)
      • Macedonian: пресева (preseva), отсева (otseva)
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