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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klamati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Unknown, possibly of expressive origin with original meaning to swindle, to swing. Morphologically from *klama + *-ati.
Verb
*klamàti impf[1]
- to sway, to swindle
- to lie, to deceive (in West Slavic)
- Synonym: *lъgati
Conjugation
Conjugation of *klamati, *klama, *klamajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *klamanьje | *klamati | *klamatъ | *klamalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *klamanъ | *klamajemъ |
| Active | *klamavъ | *klamaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *klamaxъ | *klama | *klama | *klamajǫ | *klamaješi | *klamajetь |
| Dual | *klamaxově | *klamasta | *klamaste | *klamajevě | *klamajeta | *klamajete |
| Plural | *klamaxomъ | *klamaste | *klamašę | *klamajemъ | *klamajete | *klamajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *klamaaxъ | *klamaaše | *klamaaše | — | *klamaji | *klamaji |
| Dual | *klamaaxově | *klamaašeta | *klamaašete | *klamajivě | *klamajita | — |
| Plural | *klamaaxomъ | *klamaašete | *klamaaxǫ | *klamajimъ | *klamajite | — |
Derived terms
- *klamьstvo (“falsehood”)
Related terms
- *klama (“clumsiness”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кла̏мати (dialectal)
- Latin: klȁmati (dialectal)
- Slovene: klamáti (tonal orthography)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: klamat, (dialectal) kľamať
- Polish: kłamać
- Slovak: klamať
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klamati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “klamiti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *klama̋ti”