Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlestati

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

Alternative forms

• *xlěstati
• *xlostati

Etymology

Per ESSJa, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*xlestati

1. to lash?, to whip?

Inflection

Conjugation of *xlestati, *xlesta, *xlesťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xlestanьje	*xlestati	*xlestatъ	*xlestalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xlestanъ	*xlesťemъ
Active	*xlestavъ	*xlesťę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlestaxъ	*xlesta	*xlesta	*xlesťǫ	*xlesťeši	*xlesťetь
Dual	*xlestaxově	*xlestasta	*xlestaste	*xlesťevě	*xlesťeta	*xlesťete
Plural	*xlestaxomъ	*xlestaste	*xlestašę	*xlesťemъ	*xlesťete	*xlesťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlestaaxъ	*xlestaaše	*xlestaaše	—	*xlesťi	*xlesťi
Dual	*xlestaaxově	*xlestaašeta	*xlestaašete	*xlesťivě	*xlesťita	—
Plural	*xlestaaxomъ	*xlestaašete	*xlestaaxǫ	*xlesťimъ	*xlesťite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: хляста́ць (xljastácʹ) (dialectal)
  • Russian: хлеста́ть (xlestátʹ)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: chlostat, chléstat (dialectal)
  • Polish: chłostać
  • Slovak: chľastať, chlostať (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: chłostaś
    • Upper Sorbian: chłostać

Further reading

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