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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlopati

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

Possibly, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Verb

*xlopati[1]

  1. to clap, to clatter, to knock

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: хло́пать (xlópatʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: хло́пам (hlópam)
    • Slovene: hlópati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chlopat
    • Slovak: chlopať, chlopkať

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlopati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 36
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