Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žirovati

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 *žirъ (“fat”) +‎ *-ovati.

Verb

*žirovati^[1]

to grow fat

Conjugation

Conjugation of *žirovati, *žirova, *žirujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*žirovanьje	*žirovati	*žirovatъ	*žirovalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*žirovanъ	*žirujemъ
Active	*žirovavъ	*žiruję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žirovaxъ	*žirova	*žirova	*žirujǫ	*žiruješi	*žirujetь
Dual	*žirovaxově	*žirovasta	*žirovaste	*žirujevě	*žirujeta	*žirujete
Plural	*žirovaxomъ	*žirovaste	*žirovašę	*žirujemъ	*žirujete	*žirujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žirovaaxъ	*žirovaaše	*žirovaaše	—	*žiruji	*žiruji
Dual	*žirovaaxově	*žirovaašeta	*žirovaašete	*žirujivě	*žirujita	—
Plural	*žirovaaxomъ	*žirovaašete	*žirovaaxǫ	*žirujimъ	*žirujite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жировати (žirovati)
  - Old Ruthenian: жирова́ти (žirováti)
    - Belarusian: жырава́ць (žyravácʹ)
    - Ukrainian: жирува́ти (žyruváty)
  - Russian: жирова́ть (žirovátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: жировати (žirovati, “to graze”)
West Slavic:
- Polish: żerować

References

^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obžirovati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 252

[1] Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obžirovati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 252

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