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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosnǫti

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 the root of *česàti (“to scratch, to comb”) + *-nǫti.

Verb

*kosnǫti pf[1][2]

  1. to touch?

Inflection
Conjugation of *kosnǫti, *kosnǫ, *kosnetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*kosnovenьje *kosnǫti *kosnǫtъ *kosnǫlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *kosnovenъ —
Active *kosnǫvъ —
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *kosnǫxъ*kosnǫ*kosnǫ *kosnǫ*kosneši*kosnetь
Dual *kosnǫxově*kosnǫsta*kosnǫste *kosnevě*kosneta*kosnete
Plural *kosnǫxomъ*kosnǫste*kosnǫšę *kosnemъ*kosnete*kosnǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular ——— —*kosni*kosni
Dual ——— *kosněvě*kosněta—
Plural ——— *kosněmъ*kosněte—
    Notes:
  • In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Conjugation of *kosnǫti, *kose, *kosnetь (perf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*kosenьje *kosnǫti *kosnǫtъ *koslъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *kosenъ —
Active *kosъ —
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *kos(ox)ъ*kose*kose *kosnǫ*kosneši*kosnetь
Dual *kos(ox)ově*kos(e/os)ta*kos(e/os)te *kosnevě*kosneta*kosnete
Plural *kos(ox)omъ*kos(e/os)te*kosǫ, *kosošę *kosnemъ*kosnete*kosnǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular ——— —*kosni*kosni
Dual ——— *kosněvě*kosněta—
Plural ——— *kosněmъ*kosněte—
    Notes:
  • In perfective verbs, present expresses future
  • *česàti (“to scratch, to comb”)
  • *kasati (“to touch? to trot? to fold?”)
  • *koxati (“to make love to”)
  • *kosa (“(braided) hair”)
  • *kosmъ (“lock of hair, tuft”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: коснꙋти (kosnuti)
      • Belarusian: касну́цца (kasnúcca) (dialectal)
      • Russian: косну́ться (kosnútʹsja)
      • Ukrainian: косну́тися (kosnútysja) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: коснѫти (kosnǫti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ко́снувам (kósnuvam) (obsolete, dialectal)
    • Macedonian: косне (kosne)

(literary)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “косну́ться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosnǫti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 155

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kosnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 239: “v.”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “kosnǫti: kosnǫ kosnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b røre (PR 137)”
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