Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děgati

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 *daigtei, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

Compare Lithuanian di̇́egti (“to prick(le)”), Latvian diegt, diêgs, Lithuanian gi̇́egas (“sprout”), dáigas.

Verb

*děgati impf

to clinch
to quarrel (+ *sę)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *děgati, *děga, *děgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*děganьje	*děgati	*děgatъ	*děgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*děganъ	*děgajemъ
Active	*děgavъ	*děgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*děgaxъ	*děga	*děga	*děgajǫ	*děgaješi	*děgajetь
Dual	*děgaxově	*děgasta	*děgaste	*děgajevě	*děgajeta	*děgajete
Plural	*děgaxomъ	*děgaste	*děgašę	*děgajemъ	*děgajete	*děgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*děgaaxъ	*děgaaše	*děgaaše	—	*děgaji	*děgaji
Dual	*děgaaxově	*děgaašeta	*děgaašete	*děgajivě	*děgajita	—
Plural	*děgaaxomъ	*děgaašete	*děgaaxǫ	*děgajimъ	*děgajite	—

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дегати
  
  Latin script: degati
- Slovene: degáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Slovak: děgať
- Polish: dziagać (dialectal)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*děgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 228
Pokorny 1959:383