Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьgnǫti

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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Compare Lithuanian díegti (“to prick(le)”).

Verb

*dьgnǫti pf

to prick

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dьgnǫti, *dьgnǫ, *dьgnetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьgnovenьje	*dьgnǫti	*dьgnǫtъ	*dьgnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьgnovenъ	—
Active	*dьgnǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьgnǫxъ	*dьgnǫ	*dьgnǫ	*dьgnǫ	*dьgneši	*dьgnetь
Dual	*dьgnǫxově	*dьgnǫsta	*dьgnǫste	*dьgnevě	*dьgneta	*dьgnete
Plural	*dьgnǫxomъ	*dьgnǫste	*dьgnǫšę	*dьgnemъ	*dьgnete	*dьgnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*dьgni	*dьgni
Dual	—	—	—	*dьgněvě	*dьgněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*dьgněmъ	*dьgněte	—

In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Conjugation of *dьgnǫti, *dьže, *dьgnetь (perf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьženьje	*dьgnǫti	*dьgnǫtъ	*dьglъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьženъ	—
Active	*dьgъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьg(ox)ъ	*dьže	*dьže	*dьgnǫ	*dьgneši	*dьgnetь
Dual	*dьg(ox)ově	*dьg(e/os)ta	*dьg(e/os)te	*dьgnevě	*dьgneta	*dьgnete
Plural	*dьg(ox)omъ	*dьg(e/os)te	dьgǫ, dьgošę	*dьgnemъ	*dьgnete	*dьgnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*dьgni	*dьgni
Dual	—	—	—	*dьgněvě	*dьgněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*dьgněmъ	*dьgněte	—

Aorist *dьgeste ⇒ *dьžeste, ...
In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: дьо́гнути (dʹóhnuty, “to prick, thrust”)^[1]
West Slavic:
- Czech: džignút (“to prick”) (dialectal)^[2]
- Slovak: dzignúť (dialectal)

References

^ Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “дьогнути”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 503
^ František Št. Kott (1910) “džignút”, in Dodatky k Bartošovu Dialektickému slovníku moravskému‎^[2] (in Czech), Prague: Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, page 20

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 205
Pokorny 1959:383

[1] Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “дьогнути”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1: А – Н, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 503

[2] František Št. Kott (1910) “džignút”, in Dodatky k Bartošovu Dialektickému slovníku moravskému‎^[2] (in Czech), Prague: Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, page 20

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