Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ničati

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 the stem *nik- (see *nicь) + *-ěti.

Verb

*ničati

to bend, stoop

Inflection

Conjugation of *ničati, *niča, *ničajetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ničanьje	*ničati	*ničatъ	*ničalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ničanъ	*ničajemъ
Active	*ničavъ	*ničaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ničaxъ	*niča	*niča	*ničajǫ	*ničaješi	*ničajetь
Dual	*ničaxově	*ničasta	*ničaste	*ničajevě	*ničajeta	*ničajete
Plural	*ničaxomъ	*ničaste	*ničašę	*ničajemъ	*ničajete	*ničajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ničaaxъ	*ničaaše	*ničaaše	—	*ničaji	*ničaji
Dual	*ničaaxově	*ničaašeta	*ničaašete	*ničajivě	*ničajita	—
Plural	*ničaaxomъ	*ničaašete	*ničaaxǫ	*ničajimъ	*ničajite	—

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ничати (ničati)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Russian Church Slavonic: ничати (ničati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ничати (archaic)
  
  Latin script: ničati
- Slovene: ničati
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ničeti
  - Czech: ničeti

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ničati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353