zьjati

zijati; zьjati Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `open (one's mouth), gape, be wide open'

Old Church Slavic:

zijati (Supr.) `open (one's mouth)' [verb], zějǫ [1sg], zijajǫ [1sg]

Russian:

ziját' `yawn, gape' [verb], zijáju [1sg], zijajǫ [1sg]

Czech:

zeti `gape, be wide open' [verb], zejí [3pl];

záti `gape, be wide open' [verb], zejí [3pl]

Old Czech:

zieti `gape' [verb], zeju [1sg]

Polish:

ziać `exhale' [verb], zieję [1sg]

Serbo-Croatian:

zìjati `yawn, shout' [verb], zìjām [1sg];

zjȁti `yawn, shout' [verb], zjȃm [1sg];

Čak. zìjati (Vrgada) `gape, yawn, cry, shout' [verb], zìjan [1sg]

Slovene:

zijáti `yawn, gawk, shout' [verb], zijȃm [1sg], zȋjem [1sg];

zȋjati `yawn, gawk, shout' [verb], zȋjam [1sg]

Bulgarian:

zéja `be wide open, yawn' [verb], zéješ [2sg]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: źiaʔtei

Lithuanian:

žióti `open (one's mouth)' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: ǵʰh₁i-??

Other cognates:

Lat. hiāre `yawn, be wide open' [verb]