Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьskati

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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.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *iskāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂i-sḱé-ti, from *h₂eys- (“to wish, desire, want”). Cognate with Lithuanian ieškóti (“to look for”) (1sg. íeškau), Latvian iẽskât (“to search for lice”), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti, “to long for, wish, to seek”), Avestan 𐬌𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (isaiti, “to seek”), Latin aeruscō (“to beg, to ask for”), Old High German eiscōn (“to investigate, to demand”), Old English āscian (“to ask”) (whence English ask), Old Armenian այց (aycʻ, “visit; search”), հայց (haycʻ, “demand, request; seeking”).

Verb

*jьskati impf[1]

  1. to look for, to seek

Conjugation

Conjugation of *jьskati, *jьska, *jьščetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*jьskanьje *jьskati *jьskatъ *jьskalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *jьskanъ *jьščemъ
Active *jьskavъ *jьščę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *jьskaxъ *jьska *jьska *jьščǫ *jьščeši *jьščetь
Dual *jьskaxově *jьskasta *jьskaste *jьščevě *jьščeta *jьščete
Plural *jьskaxomъ *jьskaste *jьskašę *jьščemъ *jьščete *jьščǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *jьskaaxъ *jьskaaše *jьskaaše — *jьšči *jьšči
Dual *jьskaaxově *jьskaašeta *jьskaašete *jьščivě *jьščita —
Plural *jьskaaxomъ *jьskaašete *jьskaaxǫ *jьščimъ *jьščite —

Descendants

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “иска́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 357
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “иска́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьskati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 238

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jьskàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 214: “v. (b) ‘look for, seek’”
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