Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫkati

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

Per Vasmer, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*pǫkati

1. to pop, to burst

Inflection

Conjugation of *pǫkati, *pǫka, *pǫkajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pǫkanьje	*pǫkati	*pǫkatъ	*pǫkalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pǫkanъ	*pǫkajemъ
Active	*pǫkavъ	*pǫkaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pǫkaxъ	*pǫka	*pǫka	*pǫkajǫ	*pǫkaješi	*pǫkajetь
Dual	*pǫkaxově	*pǫkasta	*pǫkaste	*pǫkajevě	*pǫkajeta	*pǫkajete
Plural	*pǫkaxomъ	*pǫkaste	*pǫkašę	*pǫkajemъ	*pǫkajete	*pǫkajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pǫkaaxъ	*pǫkaaše	*pǫkaaše	—	*pǫkaji	*pǫkaji
Dual	*pǫkaaxově	*pǫkaašeta	*pǫkaašete	*pǫkajivě	*pǫkajita	—
Plural	*pǫkaaxomъ	*pǫkaašete	*pǫkaaxǫ	*pǫkajimъ	*pǫkajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *пѫкати (*pǫkati)
    • Old Ruthenian: пукати (pukati)
      • Ukrainian: пу́кати (púkaty)
    • Russian: пу́кать (púkatʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пу̀кам (pùkam)
  • Macedonian: пука (puka)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: pãkac
  • Old Czech: pukati
    • Czech: pukat
  • Old Polish: pękać
    • Polish: pękać
    • Silesian: pynkać
  • Slovak: рukať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pukaś
    • Upper Sorbian: pukać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́кать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress