Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sikati

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 1

By surface analysis, *sik- +‎ *-ati. See *sьcati (“to piss”). Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *seikā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-éh₂-ti, from *seykʷ-.

Roots *sьk- : *sěk- : *sik-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sik- : *saik- : *seik-, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ- : *soykʷ- : *seykʷ- (“to moisten”).

Verb

*sikati impf

1. to piss, urinate
2. beat with a stream; to splash

Inflection

Conjugation of *sikati, *sika, *sikajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*sikanьje	*sikati	*sikatъ	*sikalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*sikanъ	*sikajemъ
Active	*sikavъ	*sikaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sikaxъ	*sika	*sika	*sikajǫ	*sikaješi	*sikajetь
Dual	*sikaxově	*sikasta	*sikaste	*sikajevě	*sikajeta	*sikajete
Plural	*sikaxomъ	*sikaste	*sikašę	*sikajemъ	*sikajete	*sikajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*sikaaxъ	*sikaaše	*sikaaše	—	*sikaji	*sikaji
Dual	*sikaaxově	*sikaašeta	*sikaašete	*sikajivě	*sikajita	—
Plural	*sikaaxomъ	*sikaašete	*sikaaxǫ	*sikajimъ	*sikajite	—

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

• *sikъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *сикати (*sikati)
    • Old Ruthenian: *си́кати (*síkati)
      • Belarusian: сі́каць (síkacʹ), сі́кацца (síkacca)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: си́кати (sýkaty)
      • Ukrainian: си́кати (sýkaty)
    • Russian: си́кать (síkatʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: sikać, sykať, šykač (dialectal)
  • Polish: sikać
  • Slovak: sykať, sikać, cikať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: sykaś
    • Upper Sorbian: sykać

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin. Related to *sykati.

Verb

*sikati impf

1. (intransitive) to fizz, to sizzle
2. (transitive, intransitive) to spout

   Synonyms: *strikati, *tryskati

Descendants

• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: си́кам (síkam)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: си́кати

    Latin script: síkati

  • ⇒ Slovene: síkniti (tonal orthography)