Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smokъtati

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

Onomatopoeic. By surface analysis, *smok- (“smack, slurp?”) +‎ *-tati.

Verb

*smokъtati

1. to suck

Inflection

Conjugation of *smokъtati, *smokъta, *smokъťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*smokъtanьje	*smokъtati	*smokъtatъ	*smokъtalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*smokъtanъ	*smokъťemъ
Active	*smokъtavъ	*smokъťę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*smokъtaxъ	*smokъta	*smokъta	*smokъťǫ	*smokъťeši	*smokъťetь
Dual	*smokъtaxově	*smokъtasta	*smokъtaste	*smokъťevě	*smokъťeta	*smokъťete
Plural	*smokъtaxomъ	*smokъtaste	*smokъtašę	*smokъťemъ	*smokъťete	*smokъťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*smokъtaaxъ	*smokъtaaše	*smokъtaaše	—	*smokъťi	*smokъťi
Dual	*smokъtaaxově	*smokъtaašeta	*smokъtaašete	*smokъťivě	*smokъťita	—
Plural	*smokъtaaxomъ	*smokъtaašete	*smokъtaaxǫ	*smokъťimъ	*smokъťite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: смакта́ць (smaktácʹ)
  • Russian: смокта́ть (smoktátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: смокта́ти (smoktáty)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: smoktać, cmokać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смокта́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress