Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kľučiti

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

From *kľùka (“hook”) +‎ *-iti or *kľúčь (“key”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*kľùčiti or *kľučìti impf

1. lock

Conjugation

AP a is reflected by Slovene, Czech and as an alternative in Serbo-Croatian, while the other Serbo-Croatian alternative, and Old Russian, point to c.

Conjugation of *kľučiti, *kľuči, *kľučitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kľučenьje	*kľučiti	*kľučitъ	*kľučilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kľučenъ	*kľučimъ
Active	*kľučь	*kľučę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kľučixъ	*kľuči	*kľuči	*kľučǫ	*kľučiši	*kľučitь
Dual	*kľučixově	*kľučista	*kľučiste	*kľučivě	*kľučita	*kľučite
Plural	*kľučixomъ	*kľučiste	*kľučišę	*kľučimъ	*kľučite	*kľučętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kľučaaxъ	*kľučaaše	*kľučaaše	—	*kľuči	*kľuči
Dual	*kľučaaxově	*kľučaašeta	*kľučaašete	*kľučivě	*kľučita	—
Plural	*kľučaaxomъ	*kľučaašete	*kľučaaxǫ	*kľučimъ	*kľučite	—

Notes:
• (*)*kľučivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Conjugation of *kľučiti, *kľuči, *kľučitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kľučenьje	*kľučiti	*kľučitъ	*kľučilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kľučenъ	*kľučimъ
Active	*kľučь	*kľučę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kľučixъ	*kľuči	*kľuči	*kľučǫ	*kľučiši	*kľučitь
Dual	*kľučixově	*kľučista	*kľučiste	*kľučivě	*kľučita	*kľučite
Plural	*kľučixomъ	*kľučiste	*kľučišę	*kľučimъ	*kľučite	*kľučętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kľučaaxъ	*kľučaaše	*kľučaaše	—	*kľuči	*kľuči
Dual	*kľučaaxově	*kľučaašeta	*kľučaašete	*kľučivě	*kľučita	—
Plural	*kľučaaxomъ	*kľučaašete	*kľučaaxǫ	*kľučimъ	*kľučite	—

Notes:
• (*)*kľučivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ключити (ključiti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кљу̀чити, кљу̏чити

    Latin script: kljùčiti, kljȕčiti

  • Slovene: kljúčiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kľúčiti
    • Czech: klíčiti (“to deject”) (rare)
  • Kashubian: klëczëc
  • Polish: zakluczyć, odkluczyć
  • Slovak: kľučati