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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lokati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lak-. Cognate with Lithuanian làkti (“to lap”), Latvian lakt (“to lap”), Old Armenian լակեմ (lakem, “to lick”). Per Derksen, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lak-, an assumed expressive or onomatopoeic root with "European *a". Vasmer additionally suggests a possible relationship with Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō, “to lick”), which Derksen would prefer to trace back to a separate Proto-Indo-European expressive root *lap-.
Verb
*lokàti impf[1][2]
- to lap
Inflection
Conjugation of *lokati, *loka, *ločetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *lokanьje | *lokati | *lokatъ | *lokalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *lokanъ | *ločemъ |
| Active | *lokavъ | *ločę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lokaxъ | *loka | *loka | *ločǫ | *ločeši | *ločetь |
| Dual | *lokaxově | *lokasta | *lokaste | *ločevě | *ločeta | *ločete |
| Plural | *lokaxomъ | *lokaste | *lokašę | *ločemъ | *ločete | *ločǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *lokaaxъ | *lokaaše | *lokaaše | — | *loči | *loči |
| Dual | *lokaaxově | *lokaašeta | *lokaašete | *ločivě | *ločita | — |
| Plural | *lokaaxomъ | *lokaašete | *lokaaxǫ | *ločimъ | *ločite | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лакати (lakati), локати (lokati) (15th century)
- Belarusian: ло́каць (lókacʹ)
- Russian: лака́ть (lakátʹ), лока́ть (lokátʹ)
- Ukrainian: лока́ти (lokáty)
- Old East Slavic: лакати (lakati), локати (lokati) (15th century)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: локати (lokati)
- Bulgarian: ло́ча (lóča), ло́кам (lókam)
- Macedonian: лока (loka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ло̀кати
- Latin: lòkati
- Chakavian (Vrgada): lokȁti
- Chakavian (Orbanići): lokȁt
- Slovene: lọ̄kati (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic: локати (lokati)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lokati
- Czech: lokat
- Old Polish: łokać
- Polish: łokać, łakać (dialectal)
- Slovak: logať
- Slovincian: lʉ̀ɵ̯kăc
- Old Czech: lokati
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лока́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lokati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 6
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lokati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 283: “v. ‘lap’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “lọ̄kati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*loka̋ti”