Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polskati

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

Per Vasmer, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*polskati

1. to beat?
2. to rinse?, to wash?

Inflection

Conjugation of *polskati, *polska, *polščetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*polskanьje	*polskati	*polskatъ	*polskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*polskanъ	*polščemъ
Active	*polskavъ	*polščę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polskaxъ	*polska	*polska	*polščǫ	*polščeši	*polščetь
Dual	*polskaxově	*polskasta	*polskaste	*polščevě	*polščeta	*polščete
Plural	*polskaxomъ	*polskaste	*polskašę	*polščemъ	*polščete	*polščǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polskaaxъ	*polskaaše	*polskaaše	—	*polšči	*polšči
Dual	*polskaaxově	*polskaašeta	*polskaašete	*polščivě	*polščita	—
Plural	*polskaaxomъ	*polskaašete	*polskaaxǫ	*polščimъ	*polščite	—

Conjugation of *polskati, *polska, *polskajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*polskanьje	*polskati	*polskatъ	*polskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*polskanъ	*polskajemъ
Active	*polskavъ	*polskaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polskaxъ	*polska	*polska	*polskajǫ	*polskaješi	*polskajetь
Dual	*polskaxově	*polskasta	*polskaste	*polskajevě	*polskajeta	*polskajete
Plural	*polskaxomъ	*polskaste	*polskašę	*polskajemъ	*polskajete	*polskajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*polskaaxъ	*polskaaše	*polskaaše	—	*polskaji	*polskaji
Dual	*polskaaxově	*polskaašeta	*polskaašete	*polskajivě	*polskajita	—
Plural	*polskaaxomъ	*polskaašete	*polskaaxǫ	*polskajimъ	*polskajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: полоскати (poloskati)
    • Old Ruthenian: полоска́ти (poloskáti), полока́ти (polokáti)
      • Belarusian: паласка́ць (palaskácʹ)
      • Ukrainian: полоска́ти (poloskáty)
    • Russian: полоска́ть (poloskátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⰰⱄⰽⰰⱅⰻ (plaskati)

    Old Cyrillic script: пласкати (plaskati)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pláskat

Further reading

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