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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/něgati

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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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (to wash). Cognates include Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō, to wash; to cleanse), Latvian naigât (to feel the need; to yearn for).

Verb

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*něgati impf[1]

  1. to pamper

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: не́гать (négatʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: ńegati (dated, rare)

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 97