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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyxati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Undoubtedly onomatopoeic in origin.
Verb
*kyxati
- to sneeze
Inflection
Conjugation of *kyxati, *kyxa, *kyxajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *kyxanьje | *kyxati | *kyxatъ | *kyxalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *kyxanъ | *kyxajemъ |
| Active | *kyxavъ | *kyxaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kyxaxъ | *kyxa | *kyxa | *kyxajǫ | *kyxaješi | *kyxajetь |
| Dual | *kyxaxově | *kyxasta | *kyxaste | *kyxajevě | *kyxajeta | *kyxajete |
| Plural | *kyxaxomъ | *kyxaste | *kyxašę | *kyxajemъ | *kyxajete | *kyxajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kyxaaxъ | *kyxaaše | *kyxaaše | — | *kyxaji | *kyxaji |
| Dual | *kyxaaxově | *kyxaašeta | *kyxaašete | *kyxajivě | *kyxajita | — |
| Plural | *kyxaaxomъ | *kyxaašete | *kyxaaxǫ | *kyxajimъ | *kyxajite | — |
Related terms
- *kъxati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кихати (kixati)
- Russian: ки́хать (kíxatʹ) (dialectal)
- Old East Slavic: кихати (kixati)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ки́хам (kíham)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ки́хати, ки́јати
- Latin: kíhati, kíjati
- Chakavian (Orbanići): kīhȁt
- Chakavian (Vrgada): kīhȁti
- Slovene: kihati
- West Slavic:
- Czech: kýchat
- Polish: kichać
- Slovak: kýchať
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kyxati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265