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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęčati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ink-. Cognate with Lithuanian inkštėti (“to stammer”), Ancient Greek ὀγκάομαι (onkáomai, “to cry”), Latin uncō (“to make the sound of a bear”), Proto-Germanic *ankōną (whence Middle High German anken (“to moan, grunt”)).
Verb
*ęčati
- to wail, moan
Inflection
Conjugation of *ęčati, *ęča, *ęčajetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ěti
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *ęčanьje | *ęčati | *ęčatъ | *ęčalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *ęčanъ | *ęčajemъ |
| Active | *ęčavъ | *ęčaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ęčaxъ | *ęča | *ęča | *ęčajǫ | *ęčaješi | *ęčajetь |
| Dual | *ęčaxově | *ęčasta | *ęčaste | *ęčajevě | *ęčajeta | *ęčajete |
| Plural | *ęčaxomъ | *ęčaste | *ęčašę | *ęčajemъ | *ęčajete | *ęčajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *ęčaaxъ | *ęčaaše | *ęčaaše | — | *ęčaji | *ęčaji |
| Dual | *ęčaaxově | *ęčaašeta | *ęčaašete | *ęčajivě | *ęčajita | — |
| Plural | *ęčaaxomъ | *ęčaašete | *ęčaaxǫ | *ęčajimъ | *ęčajite | — |
Related terms
- *ękati
- *ęcati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ѧчати (ęčati)
- Old Ruthenian: ѧчати (jačati)
- Ukrainian: яча́ти (jačáty)
- Russian: яча́ть (jačátʹ) (dialectal)
- Old Ruthenian: ѧчати (jačati)
- Old East Slavic: ѧчати (ęčati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Russian Church Slavonic: ѧчати (ęčati)
- Bulgarian: еча́ (ečá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: је́чати
- Latin: jéčati
- Slovene: jačati
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jěčěti
- Czech: ječet
- Kashubian: jiczec
- Polish: jęczeć
- Slovak: ječati
- Old Czech: jěčěti
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ęčati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 156
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “яча́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress