Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nukati

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

Alternative reconstructions

*nǫkati

Etymology

Possibly, related to *nuditi (“to force”).

Verb

*nukati (sę)^[1]^[2]

(reflexive) to urge, to incite

Inflection

Conjugation of *nukati, *nuka, *nukajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*nukanьje	*nukati	*nukatъ	*nukalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*nukanъ	*nukajemъ
Active	*nukavъ	*nukaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nukaxъ	*nuka	*nuka	*nukajǫ	*nukaješi	*nukajetь
Dual	*nukaxově	*nukasta	*nukaste	*nukajevě	*nukajeta	*nukajete
Plural	*nukaxomъ	*nukaste	*nukašę	*nukajemъ	*nukajete	*nukajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nukaaxъ	*nukaaše	*nukaaše	—	*nukaji	*nukaji
Dual	*nukaaxově	*nukaašeta	*nukaašete	*nukajivě	*nukajita	—
Plural	*nukaaxomъ	*nukaašete	*nukaaxǫ	*nukajimъ	*nukajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ну́кать (núkatʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ну́кати (núkaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ноукати (nukati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: нукати
  
  Latin script: nukati
West Slavic:
- Czech: nukať (dialectal)
- Kashubian: nëkac
- Old Polish: nękać
  - Polish: nękać, (dialectal) nukać
- Slovak: núkať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: nukaś, nykaś (dialectal)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nukati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 43
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nukati; *nǫkati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 359: “‘urge, incite’”

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nukati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 43

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nukati; *nǫkati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 359: “‘urge, incite’”

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