Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/makati

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

Iterative of *močiti (“to wet”).

Verb

*makati

1. to moisten, to dip

Inflection

Conjugation of *makati, *maka, *makajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*makanьje	*makati	*makatъ	*makalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*makanъ	*makajemъ
Active	*makavъ	*makaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*makaxъ	*maka	*maka	*makajǫ	*makaješi	*makajetь
Dual	*makaxově	*makasta	*makaste	*makajevě	*makajeta	*makajete
Plural	*makaxomъ	*makaste	*makašę	*makajemъ	*makajete	*makajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*makaaxъ	*makaaše	*makaaše	—	*makaji	*makaji
Dual	*makaaxově	*makaašeta	*makaašete	*makajivě	*makajita	—
Plural	*makaaxomъ	*makaašete	*makaaxǫ	*makajimъ	*makajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: макати (makati)
    • Belarusian: мака́ць (makácʹ)
    • Russian: мака́ть (makátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: макати (makati)

  • Bulgarian: ма́кам (mákam) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: мака (maka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма́кати

    Latin script: mákati

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mákat

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “makati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 137
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мака́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress