Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/puxati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *pauš- + Proto-Slavic *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *pews-. Cognate with Lithuanian pũsti (“to blow”), 1sg. puciù, pùsti (“to inflate”), 1sg. puntù, pūslė̃ (“blister, bladder”), Norwegian føysa (“to swell”), Sanskrit पुष्यति (púṣyati, “to thrive”), Latin pustula (“bubble”), possibly Ancient Greek φῡσάω (phūsáō, “to snort”), φῦσα (phûsa, “bellows, bubble”), Old Armenian փուք (pʿukʿ, “breath”).

Verb

*puxàti impf

1. to blow? to swell?

Inflection

Conjugation of *puxati, *puxa, *pušetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*puxanьje	*puxati	*puxatъ	*puxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*puxanъ	*pušemъ
Active	*puxavъ	*pušę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*puxaxъ	*puxa	*puxa	*pušǫ	*pušeši	*pušetь
Dual	*puxaxově	*puxasta	*puxaste	*puševě	*pušeta	*pušete
Plural	*puxaxomъ	*puxaste	*puxašę	*pušemъ	*pušete	*pušǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*puxaaxъ	*puxaaše	*puxaaše	—	*puši	*puši
Dual	*puxaaxově	*puxaašeta	*puxaašete	*pušivě	*pušita	—
Plural	*puxaaxomъ	*puxaašete	*puxaaxǫ	*pušimъ	*pušite	—

Conjugation of *puxati, *puxa, *puxajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*puxanьje	*puxati	*puxatъ	*puxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*puxanъ	*puxajemъ
Active	*puxavъ	*puxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*puxaxъ	*puxa	*puxa	*puxajǫ	*puxaješi	*puxajetь
Dual	*puxaxově	*puxasta	*puxaste	*puxajevě	*puxajeta	*puxajete
Plural	*puxaxomъ	*puxaste	*puxašę	*puxajemъ	*puxajete	*puxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*puxaaxъ	*puxaaše	*puxaaše	—	*puxaji	*puxaji
Dual	*puxaaxově	*puxaašeta	*puxaašete	*puxajivě	*puxajita	—
Plural	*puxaaxomъ	*puxaašete	*puxaaxǫ	*puxajimъ	*puxajite	—

Related terms

• *puxlъ (“chubby? empty?”)
• *puxnǫti (“to blow”)
• *pyxati (“to puff, to breath heavily, to smoke”)
• *puxъ

Derived terms

• *orzpuxati

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: пухати (puxati)
  • Bulgarian: пу́ша (púša)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пу́хати

    Latin script: púhati

  • Slovene: pūhati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: puchati
    • Czech: napuchati, opuchati
  • Polish: puchać
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: puchać
    • Lower Sorbian: puchaś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пу́хнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 85
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́хнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2008), “*orzpuxati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 34 (*orzmajь – *orzstegajь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 184