Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kučati

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

Fientive verb of *kuka (“hook”) +‎ *-jati, semantically identical to Proto-Slavic *kukati (“to squat”) with the only difference being that the *-ati doublet is perfective.

Verb

*kùčati impf (perfective *kučnǫti)

1. Alternative form of *kukati

Inflection

Conjugation of *kučati, *kuča, *kučajetь (impf., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*kučanьje	*kučati	*kučatъ	*kučalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*kučanъ	*kučajemъ
Active	*kučavъ	*kučaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kučaxъ	*kuča	*kuča	*kučajǫ	*kučaješi	*kučajetь
Dual	*kučaxově	*kučasta	*kučaste	*kučajevě	*kučajeta	*kučajete
Plural	*kučaxomъ	*kučaste	*kučašę	*kučajemъ	*kučajete	*kučajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*kučaaxъ	*kučaaše	*kučaaše	—	*kučaji	*kučaji
Dual	*kučaaxově	*kučaašeta	*kučaašete	*kučajivě	*kučajita	—
Plural	*kučaaxomъ	*kučaašete	*kučaaxǫ	*kučajimъ	*kučajite	—

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кучать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kučati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 79