Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьskati
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *iskāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂i-sḱé-ti, from *h₂eys- (“to wish, desire, want”). Cognate with Lithuanian ieškóti (“to look for”) (1sg. íeškau), Latvian iẽskât (“to search for lice”), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti, “to long for, wish, to seek”), Avestan 𐬌𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (isaiti, “to seek”), Latin aeruscō (“to beg, to ask for”), Old High German eiscōn (“to investigate, to demand”), Old English āscian (“to ask”) (whence English ask), Old Armenian այց (aycʻ, “visit; search”), հայց (haycʻ, “demand, request; seeking”).
Verb edit
*jьskati impf[1]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of *jьskati, *jьska, *jьščetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*jьskanьje | *jьskati | *jьskatъ | *jьskalъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *jьskanъ | *jьščemъ |
Active | *jьskavъ | *jьščę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *jьskaxъ | *jьska | *jьska | *jьščǫ | *jьščeši | *jьščetь |
Dual | *jьskaxově | *jьskasta | *jьskaste | *jьščevě | *jьščeta | *jьščete |
Plural | *jьskaxomъ | *jьskaste | *jьskašę | *jьščemъ | *jьščete | *jьščǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *jьskaaxъ | *jьskaaše | *jьskaaše | — | *jьšči | *jьšči |
Dual | *jьskaaxově | *jьskaašeta | *jьskaašete | *jьščivě | *jьščita | — |
Plural | *jьskaaxomъ | *jьskaašete | *jьskaaxǫ | *jьščimъ | *jьščite | — |
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “иска́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 357
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “иска́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьskati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 238
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьskàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 214: “v. (b) ‘look for, seek’”