Iterative counter-part of *puxati (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pews- (“to puff”). The -x- is due to RUKI law. Cognate with Sanskrit पुष्यति (púṣyati, “to thrive”) and akin to Ancient Greek φῡσᾰ́ω (phūsáō, “to blow, to swell”), Lithuanian puškuoti (“to puff”), Latvian pūst (“to blow, to whiff”).
*pyxati impf (perfective *pyxnǫti)[1][2]
- to breath heavily
- to groan, to puff
Conjugation of
*pyxati, *pyxa, *pyšetь (
impf.,
-a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*pyxanьje
|
*pyxati
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*pyxatъ
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*pyxalъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*pyxanъ
|
*pyšemъ
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Active
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*pyxavъ
|
*pyšę
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
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Singular
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*pyxaxъ |
*pyxa |
*pyxa
|
*pyšǫ |
*pyšeši |
*pyšetь
|
Dual
|
*pyxaxově |
*pyxasta |
*pyxaste
|
*pyševě |
*pyšeta |
*pyšete
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Plural
|
*pyxaxomъ |
*pyxaste |
*pyxašę
|
*pyšemъ |
*pyšete |
*pyšǫtь
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
|
*pyxaaxъ |
*pyxaaše |
*pyxaaše
|
— |
*pyši |
*pyši
|
Dual
|
*pyxaaxově |
*pyxaašeta |
*pyxaašete
|
*pyšivě |
*pyšita |
—
|
Plural
|
*pyxaaxomъ |
*pyxaašete |
*pyxaaxǫ
|
*pyšimъ |
*pyšite |
—
|
Reanalyzed in later times among some descendants as:
Conjugation of
*pyxati, *pyxa, *pyxajetь (
perf.,
-a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
*pyxanьje
|
*pyxati
|
*pyxatъ
|
*pyxalъ
|
|
Participles
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Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
Passive
|
*pyxanъ
|
—
|
Active
|
*pyxavъ
|
—
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
Singular
|
*pyxaxъ |
*pyxa |
*pyxa
|
*pyxajǫ |
*pyxaješi |
*pyxajetь
|
Dual
|
*pyxaxově |
*pyxasta |
*pyxaste
|
*pyxajevě |
*pyxajeta |
*pyxajete
|
Plural
|
*pyxaxomъ |
*pyxaste |
*pyxašę
|
*pyxajemъ |
*pyxajete |
*pyxajǫtь
|
|
Imperfect
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Imperative
|
Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
|
— |
— |
—
|
— |
*pyxaji |
*pyxaji
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Dual
|
— |
— |
—
|
*pyxajivě |
*pyxajita |
—
|
Plural
|
— |
— |
—
|
*pyxajimъ |
*pyxajite |
—
|
Notes: - In perfective verbs, present expresses future
- *sъpyxati (“to lose breath (for animals) / air (for objects, e.g. ball or baloon)”)
- *jьzpyxati (“to exhale air heavily”)
- *vъpyxati (“to inhale air heavily”)
- *zapyxati (“to get difficulty breathing”)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пыхать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пихам³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 268
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pyxati: pyšjǫ pyšjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a stønne (PR 133)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “píhati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*pyxa̋ti”