Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/regati

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

According to Snoj, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to open mouth”) or of imitative origin. Compare further Latvian rēdzêt (“to bark, to sulk”).

Verb

*regàti impf (South Slavic)

1. to croak

Inflection

Conjugation of *regati, *rega, *regajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*reganьje	*regati	*regatъ	*regalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*reganъ	*regajemъ
Active	*regavъ	*regaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*regaxъ	*rega	*rega	*regajǫ	*regaješi	*regajetь
Dual	*regaxově	*regasta	*regaste	*regajevě	*regajeta	*regajete
Plural	*regaxomъ	*regaste	*regašę	*regajemъ	*regajete	*regajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*regaaxъ	*regaaše	*regaaše	—	*regaji	*regaji
Dual	*regaaxově	*regaašeta	*regaašete	*regajivě	*regajita	—
Plural	*regaaxomъ	*regaašete	*regaaxǫ	*regajimъ	*regajite	—

Derived terms

Verbs

• *regъtati

 

Nouns

• *rega
• *regotъ

 

Related terms

• *ręgnǫti, *ręžati (“to gape”) (possibly related via n-infix)
• *rǫgati (“to scold, to rebuke”) (possibly)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ре̏гати

    Latin script: rȅgati

  • Slovene: rẹ̑gati (tonal orthography)

References

Further reading

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