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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *késtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kes-.
Verb
*česàti[1][2]
- to scratch (one's head)
- to comb (one's hair or a horse)
- to card (tess.)
Inflection
Conjugation of *česati, *česa, *češetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *česanьje
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*česati
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*česatъ
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*česalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*česanъ
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*češemъ
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| Active
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*česavъ
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*češę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*česaxъ |
*česa |
*česa
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*češǫ |
*češeši |
*češetь
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| Dual
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*česaxově |
*česasta |
*česaste
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*češevě |
*češeta |
*češete
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| Plural
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*česaxomъ |
*česaste |
*česašę
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*češemъ |
*češete |
*češǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*česaaxъ |
*česaaše |
*česaaše
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*češi |
*češi
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| Dual
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*česaaxově |
*česaašeta |
*česaašete
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*češivě |
*češita |
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| Plural
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*česaaxomъ |
*česaašete |
*česaaxǫ
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*češimъ |
*češite |
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Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: чесати (česati)
- Belarusian: часа́ць (časácʹ)
- Russian: чеса́ть (česátʹ)
- Ukrainian: чеса́ти (česáty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: чесати (česati)
- Glagolitic script: ⱍⰵⱄⰰⱅⰻ (česati)
- Bulgarian: че́ша (čéša)
- Macedonian: чеша (češa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: чѐшати
- Latin script: čèšati
- Slovene: česáti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: česati
- Kashubian: czosac
- Polabian: cesăt
- Old Polish: czosać
- Slovak: česať
- Slovincian: czôsac
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: česać
- Lower Sorbian: cesaś
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “чеса́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 385
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*česati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 85
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чеса́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*česàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86: “v. (b) ‘scratch, comb’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “česati: česjǫ česjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b kæmme, hækle (SA 210; PR 136)”