Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polknǫti

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

From *polkati (“to wash, to beat”) +‎ *-nǫti.

Verb

*polknǫ̀ti impf (perfective *polkovati)

1. to rinse

Inflection

Conjugation of *polknǫti, *polknǫ, *polknetь (impf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*polknovenьje	*polknǫti	*polknǫtъ	*polknǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*polknovenъ	*polknomъ
Active	*polknǫvъ	*polkny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polknǫxъ	*polknǫ	*polknǫ	*polknǫ	*polkneši	*polknetь
Dual	*polknǫxově	*polknǫsta	*polknǫste	*polknevě	*polkneta	*polknete
Plural	*polknǫxomъ	*polknǫste	*polknǫšę	*polknemъ	*polknete	*polknǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polkněaxъ	*polkněaše	*polkněaše	—	*polkni	*polkni
Dual	*polkněaxově	*polkněašeta	*polkněašete	*polkněvě	*polkněta	—
Plural	*polkněaxomъ	*polkněašete	*polkněaxǫ	*polkněmъ	*polkněte	—

Related terms

• *polti (“to fold, to wind”)
• *polxnǫti (“to wash”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: плакна (plakna)
  • Macedonian: плакне (plakne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: спла́нути

    Latin script: spláknuti

  • Slovene: -plaknīti
    • Slovene: izplaknīti
    • Slovene: odplaknīti
    • Slovene: poplaknīti
    • Slovene: splakováti

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плакна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 298