Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klęčati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *klenk-. Likely cognate with Latvian klencêt (“to hobble”), Lithuanian klékti (“to walk with difficulty”), in which case from Proto-Indo-European. Further etymology unknown.

Verb

*klęčàti

1. to kneel

Inflection

Conjugation of *klęčati, *klęča, *klęčajetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*klęčanьje	*klęčati	*klęčatъ	*klęčalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*klęčanъ	*klęčajemъ
Active	*klęčavъ	*klęčaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klęčaxъ	*klęča	*klęča	*klęčajǫ	*klęčaješi	*klęčajetь
Dual	*klęčaxově	*klęčasta	*klęčaste	*klęčajevě	*klęčajeta	*klęčajete
Plural	*klęčaxomъ	*klęčaste	*klęčašę	*klęčajemъ	*klęčajete	*klęčajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klęčaaxъ	*klęčaaše	*klęčaaše	—	*klęčaji	*klęčaji
Dual	*klęčaaxově	*klęčaašeta	*klęčaašete	*klęčajivě	*klęčajita	—
Plural	*klęčaaxomъ	*klęčaašete	*klęčaaxǫ	*klęčajimъ	*klęčajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian:
  • Russian: клячеть (kljačetʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: клячіти (kljačity)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: клѧчѧшта (klęčęšta)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⱔⱍⱔⱎⱅⰰ (klęčęšta)

  • Bulgarian: клеча́ (klečá)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кле́чати

    Latin script: kléčati

  • Slovene: klečáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: klečěti
    • Czech: klečet
  • Polish: klęczeć
    • → Belarusian: кле́нчыць (kljénčycʹ)
    • → Russian: кля́нчить (kljánčitʹ)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*klęčàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225