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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čapati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Traditionally falsely connected with *keh₂p-. Compare *capati, *xapati.
Verb
*čapati
- to seize, to pick (on)
Inflection
Conjugation of *čapati, *čapa, *čapajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *čapanьje | *čapati | *čapatъ | *čapalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *čapanъ | *čapajemъ |
| Active | *čapavъ | *čapaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *čapaxъ | *čapa | *čapa | *čapajǫ | *čapaješi | *čapajetь |
| Dual | *čapaxově | *čapasta | *čapaste | *čapajevě | *čapajeta | *čapajete |
| Plural | *čapaxomъ | *čapaste | *čapašę | *čapajemъ | *čapajete | *čapajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *čapaaxъ | *čapaaše | *čapaaše | — | *čapaji | *čapaji |
| Dual | *čapaaxově | *čapaašeta | *čapaašete | *čapajivě | *čapajita | — |
| Plural | *čapaaxomъ | *čapaašete | *čapaaxǫ | *čapajimъ | *čapajite | — |
Related terms
- *xapati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: ча́пать (čápatʹ)
- Ukrainian: ча́патися (čápatysja)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ча́пвам (čápvam), ча́пна (čápna, “I peck, I hook up”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чапати
- Slovene: čáраti (“to catch”)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: čараti, čарiti
- Polish: сzарić, сzарać
- Slovak: cáрať, čарiť (“to strike, to grasp”)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čapati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 16