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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *tekti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tek-, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”).
Baltic cognates include
Lithuanian tekė́ti (“to flow, run”), 3sg. tẽka and Latvian tecêt (“to flow, run”), 1sg. teku.
Indo-European cognates include
Sanskrit तक्ति (tákti, “to rush”),
Old Irish tachid (“to flee”).
Verb
*teťi
- to flow, run
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*teťi, *teče, *tečetь (?,
-C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*tečenьje
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*teťi
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*teťь
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*teklъ
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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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*tečenъ
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*tekomъ
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Active
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*tekъ
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*teky
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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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*těxъ |
*teče |
*teče
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*tekǫ |
*tečeši |
*tečetь
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Dual
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*těxově |
*těsta |
*těste
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*tečevě |
*tečeta |
*tečete
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Plural
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*těxomъ |
*těste |
*těšę
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*tečemъ |
*tečete |
*tekǫtь
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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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*tečaaxъ |
*tečaaše |
*tečaaše
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— |
*tьci |
*tьci
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Dual
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*tečaaxově |
*tečaašeta |
*tečaašete
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*tьcěvě |
*tьcěta |
—
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Plural
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*tečaaxomъ |
*tečaašete |
*tečaaxǫ
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*tьcěmъ |
*tьcěte |
—
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Derived terms
- *tekъ (“course”)
- *točiti (“to cause to flow, run”)
- *tokъ (“current, course, stream”)
- *o(b)teťi (“to outflow; to sediment, to bulk, to swell”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: течи (teči)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “tekėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 489
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “теку”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “течи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 955