|
|
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
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂s-sk-, from *leh₂s-. Balto-Slavic root *lāˀs-, as in Lithuanian lokšnùs (“sensitive”). Cognate with Latin lascīvus (“playful”), per Chernykh also Sanskrit लषति (laṣati, “to thirst, to want”) < *la-ls-ati.
Verb
*làskati impf[1]
- to caress
- to flatter
Inflection
Conjugation of
*laskati, *laska, *laščetь (
impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *laskanьje
|
*laskati
|
*laskatъ
|
*laskalъ
|
|
|
Participles
|
| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
*laskanъ
|
*laščemъ
|
| Active
|
*laskavъ
|
*laščę
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*laskaxъ |
*laska |
*laska
|
*laščǫ |
*laščeši |
*laščetь
|
| Dual
|
*laskaxově |
*laskasta |
*laskaste
|
*laščevě |
*laščeta |
*laščete
|
| Plural
|
*laskaxomъ |
*laskaste |
*laskašę
|
*laščemъ |
*laščete |
*laščǫtь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*laskaaxъ |
*laskaaše |
*laskaaše
|
— |
*lašči |
*lašči
|
| Dual
|
*laskaaxově |
*laskaašeta |
*laskaašete
|
*laščivě |
*laščita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*laskaaxomъ |
*laskaašete |
*laskaaxǫ
|
*laščimъ |
*laščite |
—
|
Conjugation of
*laskati, *laska, *laskajetь (
impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *laskanьje
|
*laskati
|
*laskatъ
|
*laskalъ
|
|
|
Participles
|
| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
*laskanъ
|
*laskajemъ
|
| Active
|
*laskavъ
|
*laskaję
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*laskaxъ |
*laska |
*laska
|
*laskajǫ |
*laskaješi |
*laskajetь
|
| Dual
|
*laskaxově |
*laskasta |
*laskaste
|
*laskajevě |
*laskajeta |
*laskajete
|
| Plural
|
*laskaxomъ |
*laskaste |
*laskašę
|
*laskajemъ |
*laskajete |
*laskajǫtь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*laskaaxъ |
*laskaaše |
*laskaaše
|
— |
*laskaji |
*laskaji
|
| Dual
|
*laskaaxově |
*laskaašeta |
*laskaašete
|
*laskajivě |
*laskajita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*laskaaxomъ |
*laskaašete |
*laskaaxǫ
|
*laskajimъ |
*laskajite |
—
|
Derived terms
- *làska (“caress, flattery? favor?”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ласкати (laskati)
- Belarusian: ласка́ць (laskácʹ) (dialectal)
- Russian: ласка́ть (laskátʹ)
- Ukrainian: ласка́ти (laskáty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: ласкати (laskati)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: ласка́я (laskája)
- Macedonian: ласка (laska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ла̏скати
- Latin script: lȁskati
- Slovene: láskati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ла́ска1”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 468
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ла́ска”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*laskati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 38
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*làskati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 269: “v. ‘flatter, caress’”