Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čapati

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

Onomatopoeic. Traditionally falsely connected with *keh₂p-. Compare *capati, *xapati.

Verb

*čapati

to seize, to pick (on)

Inflection

Conjugation of *čapati, *čapa, *čapajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čapanьje	*čapati	*čapatъ	*čapalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čapanъ	*čapajemъ
Active	*čapavъ	*čapaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čapaxъ	*čapa	*čapa	*čapajǫ	*čapaješi	*čapajetь
Dual	*čapaxově	*čapasta	*čapaste	*čapajevě	*čapajeta	*čapajete
Plural	*čapaxomъ	*čapaste	*čapašę	*čapajemъ	*čapajete	*čapajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čapaaxъ	*čapaaše	*čapaaše	—	*čapaji	*čapaji
Dual	*čapaaxově	*čapaašeta	*čapaašete	*čapajivě	*čapajita	—
Plural	*čapaaxomъ	*čapaašete	*čapaaxǫ	*čapajimъ	*čapajite	—

Related terms

*xapati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ча́пать (čápatʹ)
- Ukrainian: ча́патися (čápatysja)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ча́пвам (čápvam), ча́пна (čápna, “I peck, I hook up”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: чапати
- Slovene: čáраti (“to catch”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: čараti, čарiti
- Polish: сzарić, сzарać
- Slovak: cáрať, čарiť (“to strike, to grasp”)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čapati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 16