Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrkati

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

Alternative forms

*dьrcàti

Etymology

Expressive derivative of *dьràti (“to tear, to flay”) +‎ *-kati.

Verb

*dьrkàti impf (perfective *dьrknǫti)^[1]

to pluck, to pull
to jerk, to shake, to hustle
(onomatopoeic) to tang, to clatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dьrkati, *dьrka, *dьrkajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьrkanьje	*dьrkati	*dьrkatъ	*dьrkalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьrkanъ	*dьrkajemъ
Active	*dьrkavъ	*dьrkaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьrkaxъ	*dьrka	*dьrka	*dьrkajǫ	*dьrkaješi	*dьrkajetь
Dual	*dьrkaxově	*dьrkasta	*dьrkaste	*dьrkajevě	*dьrkajeta	*dьrkajete
Plural	*dьrkaxomъ	*dьrkaste	*dьrkašę	*dьrkajemъ	*dьrkajete	*dьrkajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьrkaaxъ	*dьrkaaše	*dьrkaaše	—	*dьrkaji	*dьrkaji
Dual	*dьrkaaxově	*dьrkaašeta	*dьrkaašete	*dьrkajivě	*dьrkajita	—
Plural	*dьrkaaxomъ	*dьrkaašete	*dьrkaaxǫ	*dьrkajimъ	*dьrkajite	—

Related terms

*dьrpati (“to pluck, to pull”)
*dьrgati (“to rub, to scrub”)
*dьrsati (“to draw, to jerk”)
*dьrliti (“to quarrel, to scold”)

Derived terms

*dьrkačь (“corncrake”)
*dьrča (“hunger, famine”) (regional)
*dьrčati (“to buzz, to hum”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: де́ркати (dérkaty)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: dȓkati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: drkati
- Slovak: drkať (dialectal)

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “dȓkati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dь̋rkati”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “dȓkati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dь̋rkati”

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