Fientive verb of *kuka (“hook”) + *-jati, semantically identical to Proto-Slavic *kukati (“to squat”) with the only difference being that the *-ati doublet is perfective.
*kùčati impf (perfective *kučnǫti)
- Alternative form of *kukati
Conjugation of
*kučati, *kuča, *kučajetь (
impf.,
-ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *kučanьje
|
*kučati
|
*kučatъ
|
*kučalъ
|
|
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Participles
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| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
*kučanъ
|
*kučajemъ
|
| Active
|
*kučavъ
|
*kučaję
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*kučaxъ |
*kuča |
*kuča
|
*kučajǫ |
*kučaješi |
*kučajetь
|
| Dual
|
*kučaxově |
*kučasta |
*kučaste
|
*kučajevě |
*kučajeta |
*kučajete
|
| Plural
|
*kučaxomъ |
*kučaste |
*kučašę
|
*kučajemъ |
*kučajete |
*kučajǫtь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*kučaaxъ |
*kučaaše |
*kučaaše
|
— |
*kučaji |
*kučaji
|
| Dual
|
*kučaaxově |
*kučaašeta |
*kučaašete
|
*kučajivě |
*kučajita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*kučaaxomъ |
*kučaašete |
*kučaaxǫ
|
*kučajimъ |
*kučajite |
—
|
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кучать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kučati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 79
