Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nukati

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *nǫkati

Etymology

Possibly, related to *nuditi (“to force”).

Verb

*nukati (sę)

1. (reflexive) to urge, to incite

Inflection

Conjugation of *nukati, *nuka, *nukajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*nukanьje	*nukati	*nukatъ	*nukalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*nukanъ	*nukajemъ
Active	*nukavъ	*nukaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nukaxъ	*nuka	*nuka	*nukajǫ	*nukaješi	*nukajetь
Dual	*nukaxově	*nukasta	*nukaste	*nukajevě	*nukajeta	*nukajete
Plural	*nukaxomъ	*nukaste	*nukašę	*nukajemъ	*nukajete	*nukajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*nukaaxъ	*nukaaše	*nukaaše	—	*nukaji	*nukaji
Dual	*nukaaxově	*nukaašeta	*nukaašete	*nukajivě	*nukajita	—
Plural	*nukaaxomъ	*nukaašete	*nukaaxǫ	*nukajimъ	*nukajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ну́кать (núkatʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ну́кати (núkaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ноукати (nukati)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: нукати

    Latin script: nukati

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: nukať (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: nëkac
  • Old Polish: nękać
    • Polish: nękać, (dialectal) nukać
  • Slovak: núkať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: nukaś, nykaś (dialectal)