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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/delěti

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

Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁-, perhaps from its seconary meaning “to ply, to exploit” → “to finish off” → “to prevail” (compare *dьliti (“to prolong”), *dьlgъ (“long”)). Near cognate with Lithuanian délti (“to wane, to languish, to wear out”), dìlinti (“to use up”).

Daughter languages do not agree on the root vocalism: cf. verbal nouns Old Church Slavonic оделѣньѥ (odelěnĭje) (e-grade) : одолѣниѥ (odolěnije) (o-grade) both with the meaning “defeat”.

Verb

*delěti impf (perfective *delěvati)

  1. to overcome, to prevail

Alternative forms
  • *dolěti

Inflection
Conjugation of *delěti, *delě, *delějetь (impf., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*delěnьje *delěti *delětъ *delělъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *delěnъ *delějemъ
Active *delěvъ *delěję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *delěxъ*delě*delě *delějǫ*delěješi*delějetь
Dual *delěxově*delěsta*delěste *delějevě*delějeta*delějete
Plural *delěxomъ*delěste*delěšę *delějemъ*delějete*delějǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *delěaxъ*delěaše*delěaše —*delěji*delěji
Dual *delěaxově*delěašeta*delěašete *delějivě*delějita—
Plural *delěaxomъ*delěašete*delěaxǫ *delějimъ*delějite—

Derived terms
  • *dodelěti (“to tire out”)
  • *nadъdelěti (“to overwhelm”)
  • *perdelěti, *perdolěti (“to prevail”)
  • *podelěti
    • *sъpodеlěti (“to cope, to deal with”)
  • *odelěti, *odolěti (“to surmount, to defeat”)
  • *sъdelěti (“to defeat”)
  • *udelěti (“to vanquish”), *udolěti (“to overcome”)
  • *doľa (“share, fate”)
  • *dьliti (“to prolong, to last”)
  • *dьľa (“for, because”)
  • *odolěti (“to overcome, defeat”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: делѣти (delěti)
    • Bulgarian: деле́я (deléja, “to prevail, to defeat”) (obsolete; now found only in derivatives)

Further reading
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “делея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 336
  • “delti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*obdolěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 161
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