Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьkъtati

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

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Verb

*ščьkъtati

1. to tickle, to titillate

Inflection

Conjugation of *ščьkъtati, *ščьkъta, *ščьkъťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ščьkъtanьje	*ščьkъtati	*ščьkъtatъ	*ščьkъtalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ščьkъtanъ	*ščьkъťemъ
Active	*ščьkъtavъ	*ščьkъťę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščьkъtaxъ	*ščьkъta	*ščьkъta	*ščьkъťǫ	*ščьkъťeši	*ščьkъťetь
Dual	*ščьkъtaxově	*ščьkъtasta	*ščьkъtaste	*ščьkъťevě	*ščьkъťeta	*ščьkъťete
Plural	*ščьkъtaxomъ	*ščьkъtaste	*ščьkъtašę	*ščьkъťemъ	*ščьkъťete	*ščьkъťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ščьkъtaaxъ	*ščьkъtaaše	*ščьkъtaaše	—	*ščьkъťi	*ščьkъťi
Dual	*ščьkъtaaxově	*ščьkъtaašeta	*ščьkъtaašete	*ščьkъťivě	*ščьkъťita	—
Plural	*ščьkъtaaxomъ	*ščьkъtaašete	*ščьkъtaaxǫ	*ščьkъťimъ	*ščьkъťite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: щекота́ть (ščekotátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: скъкътати (skŭkŭtati), скоктати (skoktati)

  • Bulgarian: скоко́тя (skokótja) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: скокотка (skokotka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: чка̀кљати

  • Slovene: ščegetáti (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щекота́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress