Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlebati

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.

Verb

*xlebati

1. to slurp

Inflection

Conjugation of *xlebati, *xleba, *xlebajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xlebanьje	*xlebati	*xlebatъ	*xlebalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xlebanъ	*xlebajemъ
Active	*xlebavъ	*xlebaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlebaxъ	*xleba	*xleba	*xlebajǫ	*xlebaješi	*xlebajetь
Dual	*xlebaxově	*xlebasta	*xlebaste	*xlebajevě	*xlebajeta	*xlebajete
Plural	*xlebaxomъ	*xlebaste	*xlebašę	*xlebajemъ	*xlebajete	*xlebajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlebaaxъ	*xlebaaše	*xlebaaše	—	*xlebaji	*xlebaji
Dual	*xlebaaxově	*xlebaašeta	*xlebaašete	*xlebajivě	*xlebajita	—
Plural	*xlebaaxomъ	*xlebaašete	*xlebaaxǫ	*xlebajimъ	*xlebajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: хлѣбати (xlěbati)
    • Belarusian: хлёбаць (xljóbacʹ), (dialectal) хляба́ць (xljabácʹ)
    • Russian: хлеба́ть (xlebátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: hlę́bati (tonal orthography)