Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čixati

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

From *čix- / *čьx- +‎ *-ati. Of onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

*čixati

1. to sneeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of *čixati, *čixa, *čixajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čixanьje	*čixati	*čixatъ	*čixalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čixanъ	*čixajemъ
Active	*čixavъ	*čixaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čixaxъ	*čixa	*čixa	*čixajǫ	*čixaješi	*čixajetь
Dual	*čixaxově	*čixasta	*čixaste	*čixajevě	*čixajeta	*čixajete
Plural	*čixaxomъ	*čixaste	*čixašę	*čixajemъ	*čixajete	*čixajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čixaaxъ	*čixaaše	*čixaaše	—	*čixaji	*čixaji
Dual	*čixaaxově	*čixaašeta	*čixaašete	*čixajivě	*čixajita	—
Plural	*čixaaxomъ	*čixaašete	*čixaaxǫ	*čixajimъ	*čixajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: чи́хаць (číxacʹ)
  • Russian: чиха́ть (čixátʹ); чи́хать (číxatʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: чиха́ти (čyxáty) (rare)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: чи́хам (číham) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: číhati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: čichać
    • Lower Sorbian: tśichaś

From *čьxati

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: чхаць (čxacʹ)
  • Russian: чхать (čxatʹ); чёхать (čóxatʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: чха́ти (čxáty)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: czchać (obsolete)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čixati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 110