Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlebati

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

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

*xlebati^[1]

to slurp

Inflection

Conjugation of *xlebati, *xleba, *xlebajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xlebanьje	*xlebati	*xlebatъ	*xlebalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xlebanъ	*xlebajemъ
Active	*xlebavъ	*xlebaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlebaxъ	*xleba	*xleba	*xlebajǫ	*xlebaješi	*xlebajetь
Dual	*xlebaxově	*xlebasta	*xlebaste	*xlebajevě	*xlebajeta	*xlebajete
Plural	*xlebaxomъ	*xlebaste	*xlebašę	*xlebajemъ	*xlebajete	*xlebajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xlebaaxъ	*xlebaaše	*xlebaaše	—	*xlebaji	*xlebaji
Dual	*xlebaaxově	*xlebaašeta	*xlebaašete	*xlebajivě	*xlebajita	—
Plural	*xlebaaxomъ	*xlebaašete	*xlebaaxǫ	*xlebajimъ	*xlebajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: хлѣбати (xlěbati)
  - Belarusian: хлёбаць (xljóbacʹ), (dialectal) хляба́ць (xljabácʹ)
  - Russian: хлеба́ть (xlebátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: hlę́bati (tonal orthography)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlebati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 25

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlebati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 25

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