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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 *klěšča + *-iti.
Verb
*klěščiti[1]
- to squeeze?
Conjugation
Conjugation of *klěščiti, *klěšči, *klěščitь (?, -i-, 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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| *klěščenьje
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*klěščiti
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*klěščitъ
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*klěščilъ
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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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*klěščenъ
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*klěščimъ
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| Active
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*klěščь
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*klěščę
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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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*klěščixъ |
*klěšči |
*klěšči
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*klěščǫ |
*klěščiši |
*klěščitь
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| Dual
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*klěščixově |
*klěščista |
*klěščiste
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*klěščivě |
*klěščita |
*klěščite
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| Plural
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*klěščixomъ |
*klěščiste |
*klěščišę
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*klěščimъ |
*klěščite |
*klěščętь
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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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*klěščaaxъ |
*klěščaaše |
*klěščaaše
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*klěšči |
*klěšči
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| Dual
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*klěščaaxově |
*klěščaašeta |
*klěščaašete
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*klěščivě |
*klěščita |
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| Plural
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*klěščaaxomъ |
*klěščaašete |
*klěščaaxǫ
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*klěščimъ |
*klěščite |
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Notes: - (*)*klěščivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: клѣщити (klěščiti), клещити (kleščiti)
- Old Ruthenian:
- Belarusian: кле́шчыць (kljéščycʹ)
- Ukrainian:
- Russian: клещи́ть (kleščítʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian:
- Macedonian:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- unspecified script:
- Latin script: klijèštiti
- Slovene: kléstiti
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klěščiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 20
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*klěščiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224