< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nukati

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *nǫkati

Etymology

Possibly, related to *nuditi (“to force”).

Verb

*nukati (sę)[1][2]

  1. (reflexive) to urge, to incite

Inflection
Conjugation of *nukati, *nuka, *nukajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*nukanьje *nukati *nukatъ *nukalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *nukanъ *nukajemъ
Active *nukavъ *nukaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *nukaxъ*nuka*nuka *nukajǫ*nukaješi*nukajetь
Dual *nukaxově*nukasta*nukaste *nukajevě*nukajeta*nukajete
Plural *nukaxomъ*nukaste*nukašę *nukajemъ*nukajete*nukajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *nukaaxъ*nukaaše*nukaaše —*nukaji*nukaji
Dual *nukaaxově*nukaašeta*nukaašete *nukajivě*nukajita—
Plural *nukaaxomъ*nukaašete*nukaaxǫ *nukajimъ*nukajite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ну́кать (núkatʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ну́кати (núkaty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ноукати (nukati)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: нукати
      Latin script: nukati
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: nukať (dialectal)
    • Kashubian: nëkac
    • Old Polish: nękać
    • Slovak: núkať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: nukaś, nykaś (dialectal)

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nukati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 43
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nukati; *nǫkati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 359: “‘urge, incite’”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.