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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ękati
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *ęcati
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ink-. Cognate with Lithuanian inkštėti (“to stammer”),Dutch janken, Latin uncāre.
Verb
*ękati
- to moan
Inflection
Conjugation of *ękati, *ęka, *ękajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *ękanьje | *ękati | *ękatъ | *ękalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *ękanъ | *ękajemъ |
| Active | *ękavъ | *ękaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ękaxъ | *ęka | *ęka | *ękajǫ | *ękaješi | *ękajetь |
| Dual | *ękaxově | *ękasta | *ękaste | *ękajevě | *ękajeta | *ękajete |
| Plural | *ękaxomъ | *ękaste | *ękašę | *ękajemъ | *ękajete | *ękajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ękaaxъ | *ękaaše | *ękaaše | — | *ękaji | *ękaji |
| Dual | *ękaaxově | *ękaašeta | *ękaašete | *ękajivě | *ękajita | — |
| Plural | *ękaaxomъ | *ękaašete | *ękaaxǫ | *ękajimъ | *ękajite | — |
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: е́цам (écam) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: jе́кати, jȅkati, јȅцати
- Latin: jékati, jȅkati, jȅcati
- Slovene: jékati
- West Slavic:
- Czech: jekati
- Kashubian: jikac sã
- Old Polish: jąkać
- Slovincian: ją̃kăc
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ękati; *ęcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157