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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęčati

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-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

  1. 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 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *ęčaaxъ*ęčaaše*ęčaaše —*ęčaji*ęčaji
Dual *ęčaaxově*ęčaašeta*ęčaašete *ęčajivě*ęčajita—
Plural *ęčaaxomъ*ęčaašete*ęčaaxǫ *ęčajimъ*ęčajite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ѧчати (ęčati)
      • Old Ruthenian: ѧчати (jačati)
        • Ukrainian: яча́ти (jačáty)
      • Russian: яча́ть (jačátʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Russian Church Slavonic: ѧчати (ęčati)
    • Bulgarian: еча́ (ečá)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: је́чати
      Latin script: jéčati
    • Slovene: ječati
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jěčěti
    • Kashubian: jiczec
    • Polish: jęczeć
    • Slovak: jačať

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęčati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 156
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “яча́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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