Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicati

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 forms

• *nikati

Etymology

From *nicь +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*nicati

1. to arise

Inflection

Conjugation of *nicati, *nica, *nicajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*nicanьje	*nicati	*nicatъ	*nicalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*nicanъ	*nicajemъ
Active	*nicavъ	*nicaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nicaxъ	*nica	*nica	*nicajǫ	*nicaješi	*nicajetь
Dual	*nicaxově	*nicasta	*nicaste	*nicajevě	*nicajeta	*nicajete
Plural	*nicaxomъ	*nicaste	*nicašę	*nicajemъ	*nicajete	*nicajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nicaaxъ	*nicaaše	*nicaaše	—	*nicaji	*nicaji
Dual	*nicaaxově	*nicaašeta	*nicaašete	*nicajivě	*nicajita	—
Plural	*nicaaxomъ	*nicaašete	*nicaaxǫ	*nicajimъ	*nicajite	—

Related terms

• *nicь
• *ničati
• *niknǫti
• *nizъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: никати (nikati)
  • Russian: ни́кать (níkatʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Unspecified script:

    Unspecified script:

    • Russian Church Slavonic: ницати (nicati), никати (nikati)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ни̏цати

    Latin script: nȉcati

  • Slovene: nikati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: níceti, niceti
  • Slovak: nicať

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nicati; *nikati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 352