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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cicati

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 *cicь, *cica (“breast”) +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*cicati impf[1]

  1. to suckle

Declension

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

  • *cicьkati

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: ціца́ти (cicáty) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ци́цам (cícam), цо́цам (cócam)
    • Macedonian: цица (cica) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ци̏цати, цица̏ти
      Latin script: cȉcati, cicȁti
    • Slovene: cę́cati (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: cicati (dated and dialectal); cecati (rare)
      • Moravian: cicá, cecá (third-person singular present)
    • Kashubian: cëcac
    • Polish: cycać
    • Slovak: cicať; cecať, cicac (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: cycaś
      • Upper Sorbian: cycać

References
  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “cicati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 87
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