Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъlzati

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 ESSJa, probably of expressive origin.

Verb

*kъlzati (sę)^[1]

(reflexive) to slide, to glide

Inflection

Conjugation of *kъlzati, *kъlza, *kъlzajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kъlzanьje	*kъlzati	*kъlzatъ	*kъlzalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kъlzanъ	*kъlzajemъ
Active	*kъlzavъ	*kъlzaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъlzaxъ	*kъlza	*kъlza	*kъlzajǫ	*kъlzaješi	*kъlzajetь
Dual	*kъlzaxově	*kъlzasta	*kъlzaste	*kъlzajevě	*kъlzajeta	*kъlzajete
Plural	*kъlzaxomъ	*kъlzaste	*kъlzašę	*kъlzajemъ	*kъlzajete	*kъlzajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kъlzaaxъ	*kъlzaaše	*kъlzaaše	—	*kъlzaji	*kъlzaji
Dual	*kъlzaaxově	*kъlzaašeta	*kъlzaašete	*kъlzajivě	*kъlzajita	—
Plural	*kъlzaaxomъ	*kъlzaašete	*kъlzaaxǫ	*kъlzajimъ	*kъlzajite	—

Derived terms

adjectives

*kъlzъkъ (“slippery”)

verbs

*kъlziti (“to slide; to glide”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ко́ўзацца (kóŭzacca), каўза́цца (kaŭzácca)
- Russian: ко́лза́ться (kólzátʹsja) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ко́взати (kóvzaty)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: скоклъзати (skoklŭzati)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кли́зати
  
  Latin script: klízati
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: klúzati
  - Czech: klouzat
- Old Polish: kiełzać
- Slovak: kĺzаť

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъlzati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 194

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъlzati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 194

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