Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kolyxati

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 reconstruction

• *kolysati

Etymology

Expressive form of *kolybati.

Verb

*kolyxati

1. to rock, to sway

Inflection

Conjugation of *kolyxati, *kolyxa, *kolyšetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kolyxanьje	*kolyxati	*kolyxatъ	*kolyxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kolyxanъ	*kolyšemъ
Active	*kolyxavъ	*kolyšę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolyxaxъ	*kolyxa	*kolyxa	*kolyšǫ	*kolyšeši	*kolyšetь
Dual	*kolyxaxově	*kolyxasta	*kolyxaste	*kolyševě	*kolyšeta	*kolyšete
Plural	*kolyxaxomъ	*kolyxaste	*kolyxašę	*kolyšemъ	*kolyšete	*kolyšǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolyxaaxъ	*kolyxaaše	*kolyxaaše	—	*kolyši	*kolyši
Dual	*kolyxaaxově	*kolyxaašeta	*kolyxaašete	*kolyšivě	*kolyšita	—
Plural	*kolyxaaxomъ	*kolyxaašete	*kolyxaaxǫ	*kolyšimъ	*kolyšite	—

Conjugation of *kolyxati, *kolyxa, *kolyxajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kolyxanьje	*kolyxati	*kolyxatъ	*kolyxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kolyxanъ	*kolyxajemъ
Active	*kolyxavъ	*kolyxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolyxaxъ	*kolyxa	*kolyxa	*kolyxajǫ	*kolyxaješi	*kolyxajetь
Dual	*kolyxaxově	*kolyxasta	*kolyxaste	*kolyxajevě	*kolyxajeta	*kolyxajete
Plural	*kolyxaxomъ	*kolyxaste	*kolyxašę	*kolyxajemъ	*kolyxajete	*kolyxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kolyxaaxъ	*kolyxaaše	*kolyxaaše	—	*kolyxaji	*kolyxaji
Dual	*kolyxaaxově	*kolyxaašeta	*kolyxaašete	*kolyxajivě	*kolyxajita	—
Plural	*kolyxaaxomъ	*kolyxaašete	*kolyxaaxǫ	*kolyxajimъ	*kolyxajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: калыха́ць (kalyxácʹ)
  • Russian: колыха́ть (kolyxátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: колиха́ти (kolyxáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)

    Cyrillic script: колихати

    Latin script: kolihati

  • Slovene: kolẹ́hati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kolisat (dialectal)
  • Polish: kołysać, kołychać (dialectal)
  • Slovak: kolisať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колыха́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress