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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlebati

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

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

*xlebati[1]

  1. to slurp

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хлѣбати (xlěbati)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: hlę́bati (tonal orthography)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlebati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 25
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