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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
- to muffle up, to conceal
Inflection
Conjugation of
*kǫtati, *kǫta, *kǫtajetь (
impf.,
-a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*kǫtanьje
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*kǫtati
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*kǫtatъ
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*kǫtalъ
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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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*kǫtanъ
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*kǫtajemъ
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Active
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*kǫtavъ
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*kǫtaję
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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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*kǫtaxъ |
*kǫta |
*kǫta
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*kǫtajǫ |
*kǫtaješi |
*kǫtajetь
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Dual
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*kǫtaxově |
*kǫtasta |
*kǫtaste
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*kǫtajevě |
*kǫtajeta |
*kǫtajete
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Plural
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*kǫtaxomъ |
*kǫtaste |
*kǫtašę
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*kǫtajemъ |
*kǫtajete |
*kǫtajǫtь
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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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*kǫtaaxъ |
*kǫtaaše |
*kǫtaaše
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— |
*kǫtaji |
*kǫtaji
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Dual
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*kǫtaaxově |
*kǫtaašeta |
*kǫtaašete
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*kǫtajivě |
*kǫtajita |
—
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Plural
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*kǫtaaxomъ |
*kǫtaašete |
*kǫtaaxǫ
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*kǫtajimъ |
*kǫtajite |
—
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кутати (kutati)
- South Slavic:
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
- ^ 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’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kǫtati: kǫtajǫ kǫtajetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a indhylle, gemme (PR 133)”