Morphologically, could be an intensive form of <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *xopiti (“to grab”) (with enlonged grade) + *-jeti. *<span class="searchmatch">xāpàti</span> impf (perfective *xapnǫti) to seize, to...
Probably of expressive origin, comparable with <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">xapati</span> (“to bite”), Old Church Slavonic хѫпити (xǫpiti, “to snatch”). Compare further dial...
*capati, *<span class="searchmatch">xapati</span>. *čapati to seize, to pick (on) Conjugation of *čapati, *čapa, *čapajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?) *<span class="searchmatch">xapati</span> East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Russian:...