Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosnǫti

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 the root of *česàti (“to scratch, to comb”) + *-nǫti.

Verb

*kosnǫti pf

1. to touch?

Inflection

Conjugation of *kosnǫti, *kosnǫ, *kosnetь (perf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kosnovenьje	*kosnǫti	*kosnǫtъ	*kosnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kosnovenъ	—
Active	*kosnǫvъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kosnǫxъ	*kosnǫ	*kosnǫ	*kosnǫ	*kosneši	*kosnetь
Dual	*kosnǫxově	*kosnǫsta	*kosnǫste	*kosnevě	*kosneta	*kosnete
Plural	*kosnǫxomъ	*kosnǫste	*kosnǫšę	*kosnemъ	*kosnete	*kosnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*kosni	*kosni
Dual	—	—	—	*kosněvě	*kosněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*kosněmъ	*kosněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Conjugation of *kosnǫti, *kose, *kosnetь (perf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kosenьje	*kosnǫti	*kosnǫtъ	*koslъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kosenъ	—
Active	*kosъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kos(ox)ъ	*kose	*kose	*kosnǫ	*kosneši	*kosnetь
Dual	*kos(ox)ově	*kos(e/os)ta	*kos(e/os)te	*kosnevě	*kosneta	*kosnete
Plural	*kos(ox)omъ	*kos(e/os)te	*kosǫ, *kosošę	*kosnemъ	*kosnete	*kosnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*kosni	*kosni
Dual	—	—	—	*kosněvě	*kosněta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*kosněmъ	*kosněte	—

Notes:
• In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Related terms

• *česàti (“to scratch, to comb”)
• *kasati (“to touch? to trot? to fold?”)
• *kosa (“(braided) hair”)
• *kosmъ (“lock of hair, tuft”)
• *koxati (“to make love to”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: коснѫти (kosnǫti), коснути (kosnuti)
    • Belarusian: касну́цца (kasnúcca) (dialectal)
    • Russian: косну́ться (kosnútʹsja)
    • Ukrainian: косну́тися (kosnútysja) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: коснѫти (kosnǫti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: ко́снувам (kósnuvam) (obsolete, dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: доко̀сна (dokòsna)
  • Macedonian: косне (kosne)

(literary)

• • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̏снути

    Latin script: kȍsnuti

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “косну́ться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosnǫti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 155