Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/laskati

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-Indo-European *leh₂s-sk-, from *leh₂s-. Balto-Slavic root *lāˀs-, as in Lithuanian lokšnùs (“sensitive”). Cognate with Latin lascīvus (“playful”), per Chernykh also Sanskrit लषति (laṣati, “to thirst, to want”) < *la-ls-ati.

Verb

*làskati impf

1. to caress
2. to flatter

Inflection

Conjugation of *laskati, *laska, *laščetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*laskanьje	*laskati	*laskatъ	*laskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*laskanъ	*laščemъ
Active	*laskavъ	*laščę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*laskaxъ	*laska	*laska	*laščǫ	*laščeši	*laščetь
Dual	*laskaxově	*laskasta	*laskaste	*laščevě	*laščeta	*laščete
Plural	*laskaxomъ	*laskaste	*laskašę	*laščemъ	*laščete	*laščǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*laskaaxъ	*laskaaše	*laskaaše	—	*lašči	*lašči
Dual	*laskaaxově	*laskaašeta	*laskaašete	*laščivě	*laščita	—
Plural	*laskaaxomъ	*laskaašete	*laskaaxǫ	*laščimъ	*laščite	—

Conjugation of *laskati, *laska, *laskajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*laskanьje	*laskati	*laskatъ	*laskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*laskanъ	*laskajemъ
Active	*laskavъ	*laskaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*laskaxъ	*laska	*laska	*laskajǫ	*laskaješi	*laskajetь
Dual	*laskaxově	*laskasta	*laskaste	*laskajevě	*laskajeta	*laskajete
Plural	*laskaxomъ	*laskaste	*laskašę	*laskajemъ	*laskajete	*laskajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*laskaaxъ	*laskaaše	*laskaaše	—	*laskaji	*laskaji
Dual	*laskaaxově	*laskaašeta	*laskaašete	*laskajivě	*laskajita	—
Plural	*laskaaxomъ	*laskaašete	*laskaaxǫ	*laskajimъ	*laskajite	—

Derived terms

• *làska (“caress, flattery? favor?”)

Related terms

• *lasъ (“greedy”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ласкати (laskati)
    • Belarusian: ласка́ць (laskácʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: ласка́ть (laskátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ласка́ти (laskáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: ласкати (laskati)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: ласка́я (laskája)
  • Macedonian: ласка (laska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ла̏скати

    Latin script: lȁskati

  • Slovene: láskati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: laskat
  • Old Polish: łaskać
    • Polish: głaskać
  • Slovak: láskať

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ла́ска¹”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 468
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ла́ска”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*laskati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 38