Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/maxnǫti

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 *maxati +‎ *-nǫti.

Verb

*maxnǫti^[1]

to wave

Conjugation

Conjugation of *maxnǫti, *maxnǫ, *maxnetь (?, -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*maxnovenьje	*maxnǫti	*maxnǫtъ	*maxnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*maxnovenъ	*maxnomъ
Active	*maxnǫvъ	*maxny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*maxnǫxъ	*maxnǫ	*maxnǫ	*maxnǫ	*maxneši	*maxnetь
Dual	*maxnǫxově	*maxnǫsta	*maxnǫste	*maxnevě	*maxneta	*maxnete
Plural	*maxnǫxomъ	*maxnǫste	*maxnǫšę	*maxnemъ	*maxnete	*maxnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*maxněaxъ	*maxněaše	*maxněaše	—	*maxni	*maxni
Dual	*maxněaxově	*maxněašeta	*maxněašete	*maxněvě	*maxněta	—
Plural	*maxněaxomъ	*maxněašete	*maxněaxǫ	*maxněmъ	*maxněte	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: махнути (maxnuti)
  - Belarusian: махну́ць (maxnúcʹ)
  - Russian: махну́ть (maxnútʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: махну́ц (maxnúc)
  - Ukrainian: махну́ти (maxnúty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: махнѫти (maxnǫti)
- Bulgarian: ма̀хна (màhna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма́хнути
  
  Latin script: máhnuti
- Slovene: máhniti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: máchnout
- Kashubian: môchnąc
- Polish: machnąć
- Slovak: máchnúť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: machnuś
  - Upper Sorbian: machnyć

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maxnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 126

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maxnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 126

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