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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

Unclear. Per Vasmer, cognate with Old Prussian pokūnst (“to cover, to save”), pakūnst (“to store, to save”), kūnti, pokūnti (“(he) protects”).

Verb

*kǫ̀tati impf

  1. to muffle up, to conceal

Inflection

Conjugation of *kǫtati, *kǫta, *kǫtajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*kǫtanьje *kǫtati *kǫtatъ *kǫtalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *kǫtanъ *kǫtajemъ
Active *kǫtavъ *kǫtaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *kǫtaxъ *kǫta *kǫta *kǫtajǫ *kǫtaješi *kǫtajetь
Dual *kǫtaxově *kǫtasta *kǫtaste *kǫtajevě *kǫtajeta *kǫtajete
Plural *kǫtaxomъ *kǫtaste *kǫtašę *kǫtajemъ *kǫtajete *kǫtajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *kǫtaaxъ *kǫtaaše *kǫtaaše — *kǫtaji *kǫtaji
Dual *kǫtaaxově *kǫtaašeta *kǫtaašete *kǫtajivě *kǫtajita —
Plural *kǫtaaxomъ *kǫtaašete *kǫtaaxǫ *kǫtajimъ *kǫtajite —

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́тать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kǫtati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 69

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kǫtati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 244: “v. ‘muffle up, conceal’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kǫtati: kǫtajǫ kǫtajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a indhylle, gemme (PR 133)”
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