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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duxati

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

Factitive-iterative verb from *duxъ (“breath, sprite”) +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to breathe”). Related via schwebeablaut to *dvoxati (“to breathe heavily”).

Verb

*duxàti impf (perfective *duxnǫti)[1]

  1. to blow, to puff
    Synonyms: *dьmuxati, *puxati, *lъxati

Inflection
Conjugation of *duxati, *duxa, *duxajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*duxanьje *duxati *duxatъ *duxalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *duxanъ *duxajemъ
Active *duxavъ *duxaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *duxaxъ*duxa*duxa *duxajǫ*duxaješi*duxajetь
Dual *duxaxově*duxasta*duxaste *duxajevě*duxajeta*duxajete
Plural *duxaxomъ*duxaste*duxašę *duxajemъ*duxajete*duxajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *duxaaxъ*duxaaše*duxaaše —*duxaji*duxaji
Dual *duxaaxově*duxaašeta*duxaašete *duxajivě*duxajita—
Plural *duxaaxomъ*duxaašete*duxaaxǫ *duxajimъ*duxajite—

Derived terms
  • *produxati (“to blow away”)
  • *jьzduxati (“to blow off”)
  • *poduxati (“to blow up, to puff”)
  • *zaduxati (“to blow intensively”)
  • *orzduxati (“to blow out”)
  • *duxačь (“blower (agent)”)
  • *duxadlo (“blower (tool)”)
  • *duxatъ (“witty”)
  • *duxa (“life, motion (of gases)”)
  • *duša (“soul”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: духати (duxati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: douchati
    • Polish: duchać
    • Slovak: dúchat'

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*duxati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 151
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “духам, духвам, духна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 450

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “dȗh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “sekundarno *duxa̋ti”
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