Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kymati

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

By surface analysis, *kymъ (“node”) +‎ *-ati. Related to *kyvati.

Verb

*kymati^[1]

to nod

Inflection

Conjugation of *kymati, *kyma, *kymajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kymanьje	*kymati	*kymatъ	*kymalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kymanъ	*kymajemъ
Active	*kymavъ	*kymaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kymaxъ	*kyma	*kyma	*kymajǫ	*kymaješi	*kymajetь
Dual	*kymaxově	*kymasta	*kymaste	*kymajevě	*kymajeta	*kymajete
Plural	*kymaxomъ	*kymaste	*kymašę	*kymajemъ	*kymajete	*kymajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kymaaxъ	*kymaaše	*kymaaše	—	*kymaji	*kymaji
Dual	*kymaaxově	*kymaašeta	*kymaašete	*kymajivě	*kymajita	—
Plural	*kymaaxomъ	*kymaašete	*kymaaxǫ	*kymajimъ	*kymajite	—

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кѝмам (kìmam)
- Macedonian: кима (kima)
- Slovene: kímati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kýmat (dialectal)
- Slovak: kynkať

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kymati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 263

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kymati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 263

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