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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly related via ablaut to Proto-Slavic *viti (“to turn, to curve”), *vojь (“turn, twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, to weave”). Nearly exact match is Sanskrit वयति (vayati, “to spin, to weave”) from standard thematic Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁y-e-ti, however, this etymology is inconsistent with the o-grade of the Slavic verb.
Only the antiquity of South Slavic descendants is certain. On this account, Georgiev does not exclude borrowing from Oghur, from Proto-Turkic *ōy- (“to carve, to peck”) (whence Turkish oymak (“to cut”)).
Verb
*vajati impf
- to sculpt, to mould
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*vajati, *vaja, *vajetь (
impf., -a/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *vajanьje
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*vajati
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*vajatъ
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*vajalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*vajanъ
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*vajemъ
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| Active
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*vajavъ
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*vaję
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*vajaxъ |
*vaja |
*vaja
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*vajǫ |
*vaješi |
*vajetь
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| Dual
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*vajaxově |
*vajasta |
*vajaste
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*vajevě |
*vajeta |
*vajete
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| Plural
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*vajaxomъ |
*vajaste |
*vajašę
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*vajemъ |
*vajete |
*vajǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*vajaaxъ |
*vajaaše |
*vajaaše
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— |
*vaji |
*vaji
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| Dual
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*vajaaxově |
*vajaašeta |
*vajaašete
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*vajivě |
*vajita |
—
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| Plural
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*vajaaxomъ |
*vajaašete |
*vajaaxǫ
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*vajimъ |
*vajite |
—
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Conjugation of
*vajati, *vaja, *vajajetь (
impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *vajanьje
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*vajati
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*vajatъ
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*vajalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*vajanъ
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*vajajemъ
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| Active
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*vajavъ
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*vajaję
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*vajaxъ |
*vaja |
*vaja
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*vajajǫ |
*vajaješi |
*vajajetь
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| Dual
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*vajaxově |
*vajasta |
*vajaste
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*vajajevě |
*vajajeta |
*vajajete
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| Plural
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*vajaxomъ |
*vajaste |
*vajašę
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*vajajemъ |
*vajajete |
*vajajǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*vajaaxъ |
*vajaaše |
*vajaaše
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— |
*vajaji |
*vajaji
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| Dual
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*vajaaxově |
*vajaašeta |
*vajaašete
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*vajajivě |
*vajajita |
—
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| Plural
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*vajaaxomъ |
*vajaašete |
*vajaaxǫ
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*vajajimъ |
*vajajite |
—
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Derived terms
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ваꙗти (vajati)
- → Old East Slavic: ваꙗти (vajati)
- Bulgarian: ва́я (vája), ва́ям (vájam)
- Macedonian: ва́ја (vája)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ва́јати
- Latin script: vájati
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ваять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вая, ваям”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 124