Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫknǫti

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 *pǫkati +‎ *-nǫti.

Verb

*pǫknǫti

1. to pop, to burst

Inflection

Conjugation of *pǫknǫti, *pǫknǫ, *pǫknetь (?, -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pǫknovenьje	*pǫknǫti	*pǫknǫtъ	*pǫknǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pǫknovenъ	*pǫknomъ
Active	*pǫknǫvъ	*pǫkny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pǫknǫxъ	*pǫknǫ	*pǫknǫ	*pǫknǫ	*pǫkneši	*pǫknetь
Dual	*pǫknǫxově	*pǫknǫsta	*pǫknǫste	*pǫknevě	*pǫkneta	*pǫknete
Plural	*pǫknǫxomъ	*pǫknǫste	*pǫknǫšę	*pǫknemъ	*pǫknete	*pǫknǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pǫkněaxъ	*pǫkněaše	*pǫkněaše	—	*pǫkni	*pǫkni
Dual	*pǫkněaxově	*pǫkněašeta	*pǫkněašete	*pǫkněvě	*pǫkněta	—
Plural	*pǫkněaxomъ	*pǫkněašete	*pǫkněaxǫ	*pǫkněmъ	*pǫkněte	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пу́кнуць (púknucʹ)
  • Russian: пу́кнуть (púknutʹ)
  • Ukrainian: пу́кнути (púknuty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пѫкнѫти (pǫknǫti)

  • Bulgarian: пу́кна (púkna)
  • Macedonian: пукне (pukne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пу̏кнути

    Latin script: pȕknuti

• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: pãknąc
  • Old Czech: puknúti
    • Czech: puknout
  • Polish: pęknąć
  • Slovak: puknúť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́кать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress