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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želpati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“to dribble, to gush forth, spring”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *kwellǭ (“wellspring”).
In Slovene, the outcome of the proto-Slavic verb (nowadays obsolete) has merged/been supplanted by the similarly sounding German borrowing žlampáti (“to gulp, to swallow noisily”) < German schlampen.
Verb
*želpati
- (transitive) to gutter, to pour in
Inflection
Conjugation of *želpati, *želpa, *želpajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *želpanьje | *želpati | *želpatъ | *želpalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *želpanъ | *želpajemъ |
| Active | *želpavъ | *želpaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *želpaxъ | *želpa | *želpa | *želpajǫ | *želpaješi | *želpajetь |
| Dual | *želpaxově | *želpasta | *želpaste | *želpajevě | *želpajeta | *želpajete |
| Plural | *želpaxomъ | *želpaste | *želpašę | *želpajemъ | *želpajete | *želpajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *želpaaxъ | *želpaaše | *želpaaše | — | *želpaji | *želpaji |
| Dual | *želpaaxově | *želpaašeta | *želpaašete | *želpajivě | *želpajita | — |
| Plural | *želpaaxomъ | *želpaašete | *želpaaxǫ | *želpajimъ | *želpajite | — |
Conjugation of *želpati, *želpa, *želpľetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *želpanьje | *želpati | *želpatъ | *želpalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *želpanъ | *želpľemъ |
| Active | *želpavъ | *želpľę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *želpaxъ | *želpa | *želpa | *želpľǫ | *želpľeši | *želpľetь |
| Dual | *želpaxově | *želpasta | *želpaste | *želpľevě | *želpľeta | *želpľete |
| Plural | *želpaxomъ | *želpaste | *želpašę | *želpľemъ | *želpľete | *želpľǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *želpaaxъ | *želpaaše | *želpaaše | — | *želpľi | *želpľi |
| Dual | *želpaaxově | *želpaašeta | *želpaašete | *želpľivě | *želpľita | — |
| Plural | *želpaaxomъ | *želpaašete | *želpaaxǫ | *želpľimъ | *želpľite | — |
Related terms
- *šelpati (“to lash, to gush”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: жалапа́ць (žalapácʹ)
- Ukrainian: жоло́пати (žolópaty)
- South Slavic
- Slovene: žlepáti (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Slovene: žloptáti, žlempáti (partially)
- Slovene: žlepáti (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
- West Slavic
- Polish: żłopać
- → Ukrainian: жльо́пати (žlʹópaty) (dialectal)
- Polish: żłopać
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жолопати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 205
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “žlampati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si