Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sětovati

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

By surface analysis, *sěta +‎ *-ovati.

Verb

*sětovati^[1]

to wail, to lament, to complain

Inflection

Conjugation of *sětovati, *sětova, *sětujetь (?, -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sětovanьje	*sětovati	*sětovatъ	*sětovalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sětovanъ	*sětujemъ
Active	*sětovavъ	*sětuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sětovaxъ	*sětova	*sětova	*sětujǫ	*sětuješi	*sětujetь
Dual	*sětovaxově	*sětovasta	*sětovaste	*sětujevě	*sětujeta	*sětujete
Plural	*sětovaxomъ	*sětovaste	*sětovašę	*sětujemъ	*sětujete	*sětujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sětovaaxъ	*sětovaaše	*sětovaaše	—	*sětuji	*sětuji
Dual	*sětovaaxově	*sětovaašeta	*sětovaašete	*sětujivě	*sětujita	—
Plural	*sětovaaxomъ	*sětovaašete	*sětovaaxǫ	*sětujimъ	*sětujite	—

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: сѣтовати (sětovati)
  - → Russian: се́товать (sétovatʹ)
- Bulgarian: сету́вам (setúvam) (obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete?)
  Cyrillic script: сjе̏товати

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “sětovati: sětujǫ sětujetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b klage (PR 133)”