Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plakati

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-Balto-Slavic *plā́ˀktei, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂k-ye-ti, from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to beat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”) (from Proto-Hellenic *plā́k-jō).

Verb

*plàkati impf^[1]^[2]^[3]

to cry, to weep

Inflection

Conjugation of *plakati, *plaka, *plačetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*plakanьje	*plakati	*plakatъ	*plakalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*plakanъ	*plačemъ
Active	*plakavъ	*plačę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plakaxъ	*plaka	*plaka	*plačǫ	*plačeši	*plačetь
Dual	*plakaxově	*plakasta	*plakaste	*plačevě	*plačeta	*plačete
Plural	*plakaxomъ	*plakaste	*plakašę	*plačemъ	*plačete	*plačǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plakaaxъ	*plakaaše	*plakaaše	—	*plači	*plači
Dual	*plakaaxově	*plakaašeta	*plakaašete	*plačivě	*plačita	—
Plural	*plakaaxomъ	*plakaašete	*plakaaxǫ	*plačimъ	*plačite	—

Related terms

*plačь (“cry, act of crying”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: плакати (plakati)
  - Belarusian: пла́каць (plákacʹ)
  - Russian: пла́кать (plákatʹ)
  - Ukrainian: пла́кати (plákaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: плакати (plakati)
- Bulgarian: пла́ча (pláča)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пла̏кати
  
  Latin script: plȁkati
- Slovene: plákati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: płakac
- Old Czech: plakati
  - Czech: plakat
- Polish: płakać
- Slovak: plakať
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: płakać
  - Lower Sorbian: płakaś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plàkati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402: “v. (a) ‘cry, weep’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “plakati: plačjǫ plačjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a græde (SA 209; PR 133; MP 23)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “plākati¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pla̋kati sę”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plàkati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402: “v. (a) ‘cry, weep’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “plakati: plačjǫ plačjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a græde (SA 209; PR 133; MP 23)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016) “plākati¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pla̋kati sę”

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