Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polkati

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

Related to Proto-Slavic *polti (“to wind, to fold”)

Verb

*polkàti

1. to wash up

   Synonym: *pьrati

Inflection

Conjugation of *polkati, *polka, *polčetь (impf., tr., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*polkanьje	*polkati	*polkatъ	*polkalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*polkanъ	*polčemъ
Active	*polkavъ	*polčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polkaxъ	*polka	*polka	*polčǫ	*polčeši	*polčetь
Dual	*polkaxově	*polkasta	*polkaste	*polčevě	*polčeta	*polčete
Plural	*polkaxomъ	*polkaste	*polkašę	*polčemъ	*polčete	*polčǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polkaaxъ	*polkaaše	*polkaaše	—	*polči	*polči
Dual	*polkaaxově	*polkaašeta	*polkaašete	*polčivě	*polčita	—
Plural	*polkaaxomъ	*polkaašete	*polkaaxǫ	*polčimъ	*polčite	—

Related terms

• *polknǫti (“to rinse”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: полокати (polokati)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: плакати (plakati)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⰰⰽⰰⱅⰻ (plakati)

  • Slovene: plákati (colloquial)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plákat
  • Kashubian: płokac
  • Old Polish: płókać
    • Polish: płukać
  • Slovak: plákať, pláchať
  • Sorbian
    • Upper Sorbian: płokać