Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫxati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

Verb

*ǫxàti

(transitive) to smell, to sniff
Synonyms: *ňuxati, *ǫšiti

Inflection

Conjugation of *ǫxati, *ǫxa, *ǫxajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ǫxanьje	*ǫxati	*ǫxatъ	*ǫxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ǫxanъ	*ǫxajemъ
Active	*ǫxavъ	*ǫxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ǫxaxъ	*ǫxa	*ǫxa	*ǫxajǫ	*ǫxaješi	*ǫxajetь
Dual	*ǫxaxově	*ǫxasta	*ǫxaste	*ǫxajevě	*ǫxajeta	*ǫxajete
Plural	*ǫxaxomъ	*ǫxaste	*ǫxašę	*ǫxajemъ	*ǫxajete	*ǫxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ǫxaaxъ	*ǫxaaše	*ǫxaaše	—	*ǫxaji	*ǫxaji
Dual	*ǫxaaxově	*ǫxaašeta	*ǫxaašete	*ǫxajivě	*ǫxajita	—
Plural	*ǫxaaxomъ	*ǫxaašete	*ǫxaaxǫ	*ǫxajimъ	*ǫxajite	—

Related terms

noun

*vòňь

verb

*voňàti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ѫха́ти (ǫxáti), оуха́ти (uxáti)
  - Old Ruthenian: уха́ти (uxáti)
  - ⇒ Old East Slavic: благооуха́ти (blagouxáti)
    - Russian: благоуха́ть (blagouxátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Russian Church Slavonic: оухати (uxati)
  - ⇒ Serbian Church Slavonic: ѫхание (ǫxanie)
- Bulgarian: ухая (uhaja)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: въх (vǎh)
- Slovene: vọ̑hati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: wąchać