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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děgati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *daigtei, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.
Compare Lithuanian díegti (“to prick(le)”), Latvian diegt, diêgs, Lithuanian gíegas (“sprout”), dáigas.
Verb
*děgati impf
- to clinch
- to quarrel (+ *sę)
Conjugation
Conjugation of *děgati, *děga, *děgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *děganьje | *děgati | *děgatъ | *děgalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *děganъ | *děgajemъ |
| Active | *děgavъ | *děgaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *děgaxъ | *děga | *děga | *děgajǫ | *děgaješi | *děgajetь |
| Dual | *děgaxově | *děgasta | *děgaste | *děgajevě | *děgajeta | *děgajete |
| Plural | *děgaxomъ | *děgaste | *děgašę | *děgajemъ | *děgajete | *děgajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *děgaaxъ | *děgaaše | *děgaaše | — | *děgaji | *děgaji |
| Dual | *děgaaxově | *děgaašeta | *děgaašete | *děgajivě | *děgajita | — |
| Plural | *děgaaxomъ | *děgaašete | *děgaaxǫ | *děgajimъ | *děgajite | — |
See also
- *diža
- *dьgna
- *dьgnǫti
- *dьžica
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дегати
- Latin: degati
- Slovene: degáti (tonal orthography)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: děgať
- Polish: dziagać (dialectal)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*děgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 228
- Pokorny 1959:383