Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъrkati

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

Alternative forms

• *xъrcati, *хъrčiti

Etymology

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Verb

*xъrkati impf (perfective *xъrknǫti)

1. (intransitive) to grunt?, to snore?, to snort?, to wheeze?

   Synonyms: *krękati, *xrapati

Inflection

Conjugation of *xъrkati, *xъrka, *xъrčetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xъrkanьje	*xъrkati	*xъrkatъ	*xъrkalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xъrkanъ	*xъrčemъ
Active	*xъrkavъ	*xъrčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xъrkaxъ	*xъrka	*xъrka	*xъrčǫ	*xъrčeši	*xъrčetь
Dual	*xъrkaxově	*xъrkasta	*xъrkaste	*xъrčevě	*xъrčeta	*xъrčete
Plural	*xъrkaxomъ	*xъrkaste	*xъrkašę	*xъrčemъ	*xъrčete	*xъrčǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xъrkaaxъ	*xъrkaaše	*xъrkaaše	—	*xъrči	*xъrči
Dual	*xъrkaaxově	*xъrkaašeta	*xъrkaašete	*xъrčivě	*xъrčita	—
Plural	*xъrkaaxomъ	*xъrkaašete	*xъrkaaxǫ	*xъrčimъ	*xъrčite	—

Conjugation of *xъrkati, *xъrka, *xъrkajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xъrkanьje	*xъrkati	*xъrkatъ	*xъrkalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xъrkanъ	*xъrkajemъ
Active	*xъrkavъ	*xъrkaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xъrkaxъ	*xъrka	*xъrka	*xъrkajǫ	*xъrkaješi	*xъrkajetь
Dual	*xъrkaxově	*xъrkasta	*xъrkaste	*xъrkajevě	*xъrkajeta	*xъrkajete
Plural	*xъrkaxomъ	*xъrkaste	*xъrkašę	*xъrkajemъ	*xъrkajete	*xъrkajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xъrkaaxъ	*xъrkaaše	*xъrkaaše	—	*xъrkaji	*xъrkaji
Dual	*xъrkaaxově	*xъrkaašeta	*xъrkaašete	*xъrkajivě	*xъrkajita	—
Plural	*xъrkaaxomъ	*xъrkaašete	*xъrkaaxǫ	*xъrkajimъ	*xъrkajite	—

Related terms

noun

• *хъrčьkъ

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: хо́ркаць (xórkacʹ)
  • Russian: хо́ркать (xórkatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: хо́ркати (xórkaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: хъ́ркам (hǎ́rkam)
  • Macedonian: ’рчи (’rči), ’рка (’rka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хр́кати

    Latin script: hŕkati

  • Slovene: hȓcati, hŕkati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: chrčet, chrkat
  • Polish: charchać, charczeć, charkać
  • Silesian: charkać
  • Slovak: chrčať
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: charchaś

Further reading

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