Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gavъkati
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from *gavъ (“caw, bark”) + *-kati.
Verb
*gavъkati impf
- alternative form of *gavati (“to caw, to bark”)
Inflection
Conjugation of *gavъkati, *gavъka, *gavъkajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *gavъkanьje | *gavъkati | *gavъkatъ | *gavъkalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *gavъkanъ | *gavъkajemъ |
| Active | *gavъkavъ | *gavъkaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *gavъkaxъ | *gavъka | *gavъka | *gavъkajǫ | *gavъkaješi | *gavъkajetь |
| Dual | *gavъkaxově | *gavъkasta | *gavъkaste | *gavъkajevě | *gavъkajeta | *gavъkajete |
| Plural | *gavъkaxomъ | *gavъkaste | *gavъkašę | *gavъkajemъ | *gavъkajete | *gavъkajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *gavъkaaxъ | *gavъkaaše | *gavъkaaše | — | *gavъkaji | *gavъkaji |
| Dual | *gavъkaaxově | *gavъkaašeta | *gavъkaašete | *gavъkajivě | *gavъkajita | — |
| Plural | *gavъkaaxomъ | *gavъkaašete | *gavъkaaxǫ | *gavъkajimъ | *gavъkajite | — |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: havkať (dialectal)
- Slovak: havkať
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гавкать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гавкам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221