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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyčiti
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *kytъčiti
Etymology
Most likely, a causative verb of *kyka (“pigtail, decoration”) + *-iti. Some of the meanings may have been influenced by the onomatopoeic Proto-Slavic *kykotěti (“to giggle”), Proto-Slavic *kykati (“to crow”). Georgiev makes connection with forms of the semantic kernel Proto-Slavic *kyt- as if from an earlier *kytъčiti. Ultimately both the t- and the k-forms are probably extensions of Proto-Slavic *kuti (“to hew, to forge”) / Proto-Slavic *kujati (“to cow, to crook”), so semantic overlapping is to be expected.
Verb
*kyčiti impf
- to hook up, to hang, to pin
- Synonyms: *zakačiti, *prověsiti
- (by extension) to adorn, to decorate
- (derogatorily) to brag
- Synonym: *xvaliti
Inflection
Conjugation of *kyčiti, *kyči, *kyčitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *kyčenьje | *kyčiti | *kyčitъ | *kyčilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *kyčenъ | *kyčimъ |
| Active | *kyčь | *kyčę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kyčixъ | *kyči | *kyči | *kyčǫ | *kyčiši | *kyčitь |
| Dual | *kyčixově | *kyčista | *kyčiste | *kyčivě | *kyčita | *kyčite |
| Plural | *kyčixomъ | *kyčiste | *kyčišę | *kyčimъ | *kyčite | *kyčętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *kyčaaxъ | *kyčaaše | *kyčaaše | — | *kyči | *kyči |
| Dual | *kyčaaxově | *kyčaašeta | *kyčaašete | *kyčivě | *kyčita | — |
| Plural | *kyčaaxomъ | *kyčaašete | *kyčaaxǫ | *kyčimъ | *kyčite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*kyčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *kuka (“hook”)
- *kyčati (“to hang, to decorate”) (emphatic)
- *kyča (“overcoat”)
- *kyčьma
- *kytiti (“to cluster, to form a bouquet”)
- *kytъka (“wrist, sheaf, bouquet”)
- *kytъčestъ (“flamboyant”)
Derived terms
- *kyčenъ (“pinned, hanged, decorated”)
- *kyčь (“pomp, splendor”)
- *kyčьka (“decoration”)
- *kyčьlъ (“hip”)
- *kyčurъ (“tuft”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кꙑчити (kyčiti)
- Russian: кичи́ться (kičítʹsja, “to brag”)
- Old East Slavic: кꙑчити (kyčiti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: кꙑчити (kyčiti)
- Bulgarian: кича (kiča) (3p. sg. кичи (kiči))
- Macedonian: кичи (kiči)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ки́чити (“to brag”)
- Latin: kíčiti (“to brag”)
- → Slovene: nakȋčiti, čȋčkati
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кичиться”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kyčiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 250
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “кича¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 403
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “kȋč”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “nakȋčiti”