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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voliti

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

Alternative forms
  • *volěti

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *walīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wolh₁-éye-ti, causative of *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). By surface analysis, *voľa (“will”) +‎ *-iti. Cognate to Proto-Germanic *waljaną (“to will”), Sanskrit वरयति (varáyati, “to choose”), also compare Vulgar Latin voleō.

Verb

*volìti[1]

  1. (transitive) to wish, to will
    Synonyms: *želěti, *xъtěti
  2. (transitive) to choose, to express preference
    Synonyms: *jьzbьrati, *vybьrati

Inflection
Conjugation of *voliti, *voli, *volitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*voľenьje *voliti *volitъ *volilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *voľenъ *volimъ
Active *voľь *volę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *volixъ*voli*voli *voľǫ*voliši*volitь
Dual *volixově*volista*voliste *volivě*volita*volite
Plural *volixomъ*voliste*volišę *volimъ*volite*volętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *voľaaxъ*voľaaše*voľaaše —*voli*voli
Dual *voľaaxově*voľaašeta*voľaašete *volivě*volita—
Plural *voľaaxomъ*voľaašete*voľaaxǫ *volimъ*volite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*volivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
noun
verb

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: волити (voliti)
      • Russian: волить (volitʹ)
      • Ukrainian: во́лити (vólyty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “воля¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 175

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “voliti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *voli̋ti”
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