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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 *nicь + *-ati.
Verb
*nicati
- to arise
Inflection
Conjugation of *nicati, *nica, *nicajetь (?, -a-, 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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| *nicanьje
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*nicati
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*nicatъ
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*nicalъ
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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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*nicanъ
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*nicajemъ
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| Active
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*nicavъ
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*nicaję
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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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*nicaxъ |
*nica |
*nica
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*nicajǫ |
*nicaješi |
*nicajetь
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| Dual
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*nicaxově |
*nicasta |
*nicaste
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*nicajevě |
*nicajeta |
*nicajete
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| Plural
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*nicaxomъ |
*nicaste |
*nicašę
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*nicajemъ |
*nicajete |
*nicajǫtь
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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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*nicaaxъ |
*nicaaše |
*nicaaše
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*nicaji |
*nicaji
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| Dual
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*nicaaxově |
*nicaašeta |
*nicaašete
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*nicajivě |
*nicajita |
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| Plural
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*nicaaxomъ |
*nicaašete |
*nicaaxǫ
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*nicajimъ |
*nicajite |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: никати (nikati)
- Russian: ни́кать (níkatʹ) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- unspecified script:
- unspecified script:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ни̏цати
- Latin script: nȉcati
- Slovene: nikati
- West Slavic:
- Czech: níceti, niceti
- Slovak: nicať
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nicati; *nikati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352