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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skakati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
An elongated ablaut of *skokъ (“leap”) + *-ati. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *skakkōną (“to shake”).
Verb
*skakàti impf (perfective *skočiti)[1][2]
- to hop, to leap
Conjugation
Conjugation of *skakati, *skaka, *skakajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *skakanьje | *skakati | *skakatъ | *skakalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *skakanъ | *skakajemъ |
| Active | *skakavъ | *skakaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *skakaxъ | *skaka | *skaka | *skakajǫ | *skakaješi | *skakajetь |
| Dual | *skakaxově | *skakasta | *skakaste | *skakajevě | *skakajeta | *skakajete |
| Plural | *skakaxomъ | *skakaste | *skakašę | *skakajemъ | *skakajete | *skakajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *skakaaxъ | *skakaaše | *skakaaše | — | *skakaji | *skakaji |
| Dual | *skakaaxově | *skakaašeta | *skakaašete | *skakajivě | *skakajita | — |
| Plural | *skakaaxomъ | *skakaašete | *skakaaxǫ | *skakajimъ | *skakajite | — |
Related terms
- *skokъ (“leap”)
- *skočiti (“to jump”)
- *kačiti (“to climb”)
Derived terms
- *jьzskakati (“to jump out, to pop up”)
- *podъskakati (“to hop from”)
- *nadъskakati (“to jump over”)
- *otъskakati (“to bounce”)
- *zaskakati (“to spring”)
- *naskakati (“to prance”)
- *skakalьcь (“grasshopper”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
- Belarusian: скака́ць (skakácʹ)
- Russian: скака́ть (skakátʹ)
- Ukrainian: скака́ти (skakáty)
- Old East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: скакати (skakati)
- Glagolitic: ⱄⰽⰰⰽⰰⱅⰹ (skakati)
- Bulgarian: ска́чам (skáčam) (from an earlier ска́кам (skákam))
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ска́кати
- Latin: skákati
- Slovene: skakáti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: skákati
- Czech: skákat
- Moravian (Mistřice): skákat
- Czech: skákat
- Polish: skakać
- Slovak: skákať
- Old Czech: skákati
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “скака́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (2002), “скачам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 736
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “skakati: skačjǫ skačjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b hoppe (SA 210; PR 137)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “skakáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*s(ъ)kaka̋ti”