Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kričati

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 *krȋkъ +‎ *-ěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kreik-. Cognate with Lithuanian krỹkti (“to cry (of birds), to quack”), krỹkšti (“to shout”), Ancient Greek κρίκε (kríke, “(he) squeals, (it) pops”).

Verb

*kričati impf^[1]^[2]

to scream

Inflection

Conjugation of *kričati, *kriča, *kričitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kričanьje	*kričati	*kričatъ	*kričalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kričanъ	*kričimъ
Active	*kričavъ	*kričę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kričaxъ	*kriča	*kriča	*kričǫ	*kričiši	*kričitь
Dual	*kričaxově	*kričasta	*kričaste	*kričivě	*kričita	*kričite
Plural	*kričaxomъ	*kričaste	*kričašę	*kričimъ	*kričite	*kričętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kričaaxъ	*kričaaše	*kričaaše	—	*kriči	*kriči
Dual	*kričaaxově	*kričaašeta	*kričaašete	*kričivě	*kričita	—
Plural	*kričaaxomъ	*kričaašete	*kričaaxǫ	*kričimъ	*kričite	—

Related terms

*krȋkъ (“shout, cry”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кричати (kričati)
  - Belarusian: крыча́ць (kryčácʹ)
  - Russian: крича́ть (kričátʹ)
  - Ukrainian: крича́ти (kryčáty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: кричати (kričati)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: крича́ (kričá) (dialectal)

- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кри́чати
  
  Latin script: kríčati
- Slovene: kričáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: křičěti
  - Czech: křičet
- Old Polish: krzyczeć
  - Polish: krzyczeć
- Slovak: kričať
- Slovincian: krzëcëc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: křičeć
  - Lower Sorbian: kśicaś

Non-Slavic:
- →? Albanian: kërcas^[3]

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kričati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “v. (c) ‘cry, scream’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kričati: kričjǫ kričitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c skrige (PR 139)”
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërcas”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 180

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kričati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “v. (c) ‘cry, scream’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “kričati: kričjǫ kričitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c skrige (PR 139)”

[3] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërcas”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 180

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