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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicati
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *nikati
Etymology
From *nicь + *-ati.
Verb
*nicati
- to arise
Inflection
Conjugation of *nicati, *nica, *nicajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *nicanьje | *nicati | *nicatъ | *nicalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *nicanъ | *nicajemъ |
| Active | *nicavъ | *nicaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *nicaxъ | *nica | *nica | *nicajǫ | *nicaješi | *nicajetь |
| Dual | *nicaxově | *nicasta | *nicaste | *nicajevě | *nicajeta | *nicajete |
| Plural | *nicaxomъ | *nicaste | *nicašę | *nicajemъ | *nicajete | *nicajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *nicaaxъ | *nicaaše | *nicaaše | — | *nicaji | *nicaji |
| Dual | *nicaaxově | *nicaašeta | *nicaašete | *nicajivě | *nicajita | — |
| Plural | *nicaaxomъ | *nicaašete | *nicaaxǫ | *nicajimъ | *nicajite | — |
Related terms
- *nicь
- *ničati
- *niknǫti
- *nizъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: никати (nikati)
- Russian: ни́кать (níkatʹ) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Unspecified:
- Unspecified:
- Russian Church Slavonic: ницати (nicati), никати (nikati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ни̏цати
- Latin: nȉcati
- Chakavian (Orlec): nȉkat
- Slovene: nikati
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: níceti, niceti
- Slovak: nicať
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nicati; *nikati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352