Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ničati

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 the stem *nik- (see *nicь) + *-ěti.

Verb

*ničati

1. to bend, stoop

Inflection

Conjugation of *ničati, *niča, *ničajetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ničanьje	*ničati	*ničatъ	*ničalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ničanъ	*ničajemъ
Active	*ničavъ	*ničaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ničaxъ	*niča	*niča	*ničajǫ	*ničaješi	*ničajetь
Dual	*ničaxově	*ničasta	*ničaste	*ničajevě	*ničajeta	*ničajete
Plural	*ničaxomъ	*ničaste	*ničašę	*ničajemъ	*ničajete	*ničajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ničaaxъ	*ničaaše	*ničaaše	—	*ničaji	*ničaji
Dual	*ničaaxově	*ničaašeta	*ničaašete	*ničajivě	*ničajita	—
Plural	*ničaaxomъ	*ničaašete	*ničaaxǫ	*ničajimъ	*ničajite	—

Related terms

• *nicati, *nikati
• *nicь
• *niknǫti
• *nizъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ничати (ničati)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: ничати (ničati)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ничати (archaic)

    Latin script: ničati

  • Slovene: ničati
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ničeti
    • Czech: ničeti

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ničati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 353