Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dyxati

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

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Formed as *dyxъ (“whiff”) +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*dyxati impf (perfective *dyxnǫti)

1. to breathe

Inflection

Conjugation of *dyxati, *dyxa, *dyxajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dyxanьje	*dyxati	*dyxatъ	*dyxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dyxanъ	*dyxajemъ
Active	*dyxavъ	*dyxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dyxaxъ	*dyxa	*dyxa	*dyxajǫ	*dyxaješi	*dyxajetь
Dual	*dyxaxově	*dyxasta	*dyxaste	*dyxajevě	*dyxajeta	*dyxajete
Plural	*dyxaxomъ	*dyxaste	*dyxašę	*dyxajemъ	*dyxajete	*dyxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dyxaaxъ	*dyxaaše	*dyxaaše	—	*dyxaji	*dyxaji
Dual	*dyxaaxově	*dyxaašeta	*dyxaašete	*dyxajivě	*dyxajita	—
Plural	*dyxaaxomъ	*dyxaašete	*dyxaaxǫ	*dyxajimъ	*dyxajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ды́хать (dýxatʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: дꙑхати (dyxati)
  • Bulgarian: дихая (dihaja) (archaic)
  • Serbo-Croatian: díhati, dȉhati (Chakavian)
  • Slovene: díhati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dýchat
  • Polish: dychać
  • Slovak: dýchať