Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klamati

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

Unknown, possibly of expressive origin with original meaning to swindle, to swing. Morphologically from *klama +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*klamàti impf

1. to sway, to swindle
2. (West Slavic) to lie, to deceive

   Synonym: *lъgati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *klamati, *klama, *klamajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*klamanьje	*klamati	*klamatъ	*klamalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*klamanъ	*klamajemъ
Active	*klamavъ	*klamaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klamaxъ	*klama	*klama	*klamajǫ	*klamaješi	*klamajetь
Dual	*klamaxově	*klamasta	*klamaste	*klamajevě	*klamajeta	*klamajete
Plural	*klamaxomъ	*klamaste	*klamašę	*klamajemъ	*klamajete	*klamajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klamaaxъ	*klamaaše	*klamaaše	—	*klamaji	*klamaji
Dual	*klamaaxově	*klamaašeta	*klamaašete	*klamajivě	*klamajita	—
Plural	*klamaaxomъ	*klamaašete	*klamaaxǫ	*klamajimъ	*klamajite	—

Derived terms

• *klamьstvo (“falsehood”)

Related terms

• *klama (“clumsiness”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кла̏мати (dialectal)

    Latin script: klȁmati (dialectal)

  • Slovene: klamáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klamat, (dialectal) kľamať
  • Polish: kłamać
  • Slovak: klamať

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klamati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 182