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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lak-. Cognate with Lithuanian làkti (“to lap”), Latvian lakt (“to lap”), Old Armenian լակեմ (lakem, “to lick”). Per Derksen, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lak-, an assumed expressive or onomatopoeic root with "European *a". Vasmer additionally suggests a possible relationship with Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō, “to lick”), which Derksen would prefer to trace back to a separate Proto-Indo-European expressive root *lap-.
Verb
*lokàti impf[1][2]
- to lap
Inflection
Conjugation of
*lokati, *loka, *ločetь (
impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *lokanьje
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*lokati
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*lokatъ
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*lokalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*lokanъ
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*ločemъ
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| Active
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*lokavъ
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*ločę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*lokaxъ |
*loka |
*loka
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*ločǫ |
*ločeši |
*ločetь
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| Dual
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*lokaxově |
*lokasta |
*lokaste
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*ločevě |
*ločeta |
*ločete
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| Plural
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*lokaxomъ |
*lokaste |
*lokašę
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*ločemъ |
*ločete |
*ločǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*lokaaxъ |
*lokaaše |
*lokaaše
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*loči |
*loči
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| Dual
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*lokaaxově |
*lokaašeta |
*lokaašete
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*ločivě |
*ločita |
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| Plural
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*lokaaxomъ |
*lokaašete |
*lokaaxǫ
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*ločimъ |
*ločite |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лакати (lakati), локати (lokati) (15th century)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: локати (lokati)
- Bulgarian: ло́ча (lóča), ло́кам (lókam)
- Macedonian: лока (loka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ло̀кати
- Latin script: lòkati
- Slovene: lọ̄kati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lokati
- Old Polish: łokać
- Polish: łokać, łakać (dialectal)
- Slovak: logať
- Slovincian: lôkac
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лока́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lokati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 6
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lokati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 283: “v. ‘lap’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “lọ̄kati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*loka̋ti”