Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlopati

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

Possibly, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Verb

*xlopati^[1]

to clap, to clatter, to knock

Inflection

Conjugation of *xlopati, *xlopa, *xlopajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xlopanьje	*xlopati	*xlopatъ	*xlopalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xlopanъ	*xlopajemъ
Active	*xlopavъ	*xlopaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlopaxъ	*xlopa	*xlopa	*xlopajǫ	*xlopaješi	*xlopajetь
Dual	*xlopaxově	*xlopasta	*xlopaste	*xlopajevě	*xlopajeta	*xlopajete
Plural	*xlopaxomъ	*xlopaste	*xlopašę	*xlopajemъ	*xlopajete	*xlopajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlopaaxъ	*xlopaaše	*xlopaaše	—	*xlopaji	*xlopaji
Dual	*xlopaaxově	*xlopaašeta	*xlopaašete	*xlopajivě	*xlopajita	—
Plural	*xlopaaxomъ	*xlopaašete	*xlopaaxǫ	*xlopajimъ	*xlopajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: хло́пать (xlópatʹ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: хло́пам (hlópam)
- Slovene: hlópati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: chlopat
- Slovak: chlopať, chlopkať

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlopati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 36

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlopati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 36

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