Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьkati

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

*jьkati

to hiccup

Inflection

Conjugation of *jьkati, *jьka, *jьkajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*jьkanьje	*jьkati	*jьkatъ	*jьkalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*jьkanъ	*jьkajemъ
Active	*jьkavъ	*jьkaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьkaxъ	*jьka	*jьka	*jьkajǫ	*jьkaješi	*jьkajetь
Dual	*jьkaxově	*jьkasta	*jьkaste	*jьkajevě	*jьkajeta	*jьkajete
Plural	*jьkaxomъ	*jьkaste	*jьkašę	*jьkajemъ	*jьkajete	*jьkajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*jьkaaxъ	*jьkaaše	*jьkaaše	—	*jьkaji	*jьkaji
Dual	*jьkaaxově	*jьkaašeta	*jьkaašete	*jьkajivě	*jьkajita	—
Plural	*jьkaaxomъ	*jьkaašete	*jьkaaxǫ	*jьkajimъ	*jьkajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: *ика́ти (*ikáti)
  - Belarusian: іка́ць (ikácʹ)
  - Ukrainian: гика́ти (hykáty), іка́ти (ikáty), и́кати (ýkaty)
- Russian: ика́ть (ikátʹ); ёкать (jókatʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: и́кам (íkam) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: ика (ika)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: икати (rare, obsolete)
  
  Latin script: ikati (rare, obsolete)
- Slovene: hȋkati, íkati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jíkat
- Polish: ikać (obsolete)
- Slovak: ikať
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: hikać, jukać
  - Lower Sorbian: hykaś

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьkati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 215
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ика́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress