Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pleskati

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

• *plěskati. Note, some descendants stem from that form.

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

*pleskati

1. to splash, to slap

Inflection

Conjugation of *pleskati, *pleska, *pleščetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pleskanьje	*pleskati	*pleskatъ	*pleskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pleskanъ	*pleščemъ
Active	*pleskavъ	*pleščę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pleskaxъ	*pleska	*pleska	*pleščǫ	*pleščeši	*pleščetь
Dual	*pleskaxově	*pleskasta	*pleskaste	*pleščevě	*pleščeta	*pleščete
Plural	*pleskaxomъ	*pleskaste	*pleskašę	*pleščemъ	*pleščete	*pleščǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pleskaaxъ	*pleskaaše	*pleskaaše	—	*plešči	*plešči
Dual	*pleskaaxově	*pleskaašeta	*pleskaašete	*pleščivě	*pleščita	—
Plural	*pleskaaxomъ	*pleskaašete	*pleskaaxǫ	*pleščimъ	*pleščite	—

Conjugation of *pleskati, *pleska, *pleskajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pleskanьje	*pleskati	*pleskatъ	*pleskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pleskanъ	*pleskajemъ
Active	*pleskavъ	*pleskaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pleskaxъ	*pleska	*pleska	*pleskajǫ	*pleskaješi	*pleskajetь
Dual	*pleskaxově	*pleskasta	*pleskaste	*pleskajevě	*pleskajeta	*pleskajete
Plural	*pleskaxomъ	*pleskaste	*pleskašę	*pleskajemъ	*pleskajete	*pleskajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pleskaaxъ	*pleskaaše	*pleskaaše	—	*pleskaji	*pleskaji
Dual	*pleskaaxově	*pleskaašeta	*pleskaašete	*pleskajivě	*pleskajita	—
Plural	*pleskaaxomъ	*pleskaašete	*pleskaaxǫ	*pleskajimъ	*pleskajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: плескати (pleskati)
    • Old Ruthenian: плескати (pleskati), плꙗскати (pljaskati)}
      • Belarusian: пле́скаць (pljéskacʹ), плёскаць (pljóskacʹ), пля́скаць (pljáskacʹ)
      • Ukrainian: плеска́ти (pleskáty)
    • Russian: плеска́ть (pleskátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⰵⱄⰽⰰⱅⰻ (pleskati)

    Old Cyrillic script: плескати (pleskati)

    • Bulgarian: пля́скам (pljáskam)
    • Macedonian: плеска (pleska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пље̏скати

    Latin script: pljȅskati

  • Slovene: pleskáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pleskati
    • Czech: pleskat
  • Polish: pleskać (dialectal)
  • Slovak: рliеskаť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: plaskaś
    • Upper Sorbian: pleskać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плеска́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “пле́скаць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka