Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bakati

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

Most likely from *bajati +‎ *-kati.

Verb

*bakati impf

to rattle, to mumble
to reprove, to protest (secondary)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bakati, *baka, *bakajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bakanьje	*bakati	*bakatъ	*bakalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bakanъ	*bakajemъ
Active	*bakavъ	*bakaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bakaxъ	*baka	*baka	*bakajǫ	*bakaješi	*bakajetь
Dual	*bakaxově	*bakasta	*bakaste	*bakajevě	*bakajeta	*bakajete
Plural	*bakaxomъ	*bakaste	*bakašę	*bakajemъ	*bakajete	*bakajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bakaaxъ	*bakaaše	*bakaaše	—	*bakaji	*bakaji
Dual	*bakaaxově	*bakaašeta	*bakaašete	*bakajivě	*bakajita	—
Plural	*bakaaxomъ	*bakaašete	*bakaaxǫ	*bakajimъ	*bakajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ба́кать (bákatʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бацам (bacam) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бакати
  
  Latin script: bakati
West Slavic:
- Czech: bakati, bákat (dialectal)
- Old Polish: bakać
  - Polish: bakać

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bakati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 141
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ба́кать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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