Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kliknǫti

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 *klìkati +‎ *-nǫti.

Verb

*klìknǫti pf

1. to cry out

Inflection

Conjugation of *kliknǫti, *kliknǫ, *kliknetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kliknovenьje	*kliknǫti	*kliknǫtъ	*kliknǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kliknovenъ	—
Active	*kliknǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kliknǫxъ	*kliknǫ	*kliknǫ	*kliknǫ	*klikneši	*kliknetь
Dual	*kliknǫxově	*kliknǫsta	*kliknǫste	*kliknevě	*klikneta	*kliknete
Plural	*kliknǫxomъ	*kliknǫste	*kliknǫšę	*kliknemъ	*kliknete	*kliknǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*klikni	*klikni
Dual	—	—	—	*klikněvě	*klikněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*klikněmъ	*klikněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Conjugation of *kliknǫti, *kliče, *kliknetь (perf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kličenьje	*kliknǫti	*kliknǫtъ	*kliklъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kličenъ	—
Active	*klikъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klik(ox)ъ	*kliče	*kliče	*kliknǫ	*klikneši	*kliknetь
Dual	*klik(ox)ově	*klik(e/os)ta	*klik(e/os)te	*kliknevě	*klikneta	*kliknete
Plural	*klik(ox)omъ	*klik(e/os)te	*klikǫ, *klikošę	*kliknemъ	*kliknete	*kliknǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*klikni	*klikni
Dual	—	—	—	*klikněvě	*klikněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*klikněmъ	*klikněte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *klikeste ⇒ *kličeste, ...
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *klìkati, *klìcati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кликнꙋти (kliknuti) (10th century)
    • Belarusian: клі́кнуць (klíknucʹ)
    • Russian: кли́кнуть (klíknutʹ)
    • Ukrainian: кли́кнути (klýknuty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: кликнѫти (kliknǫti)
  • Bulgarian: кликнѫ (kliknǫ) (archaic; Gerov's dictionary)
  • Macedonian: кликне (klikne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кли̏кнути

    Latin script: klȉknuti

  • Slovene: klíkniti (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kliknǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 42
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klikti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 42
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кли́кать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress