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 ?)
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 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
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 (jęčati)
      • 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:


References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęčati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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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