Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъmuxati

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 reconstructions

• *dьmuxati (per Gorox.ua)

Etymology

From *dъmuxъ +‎ *-ati, possibly a conflation of *dǫti (“to blow, to inflate”) with *duxati (“to blow”). Limited to West and East Slavic.

Verb

*dъmuxati impf

1. to blow, to puff

   Synonyms: *duxati, *puxati, *lъxati

Inflection

Conjugation of *dъmuxati, *dъmuxa, *dъmuxajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dъmuxanьje	*dъmuxati	*dъmuxatъ	*dъmuxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dъmuxanъ	*dъmuxajemъ
Active	*dъmuxavъ	*dъmuxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dъmuxaxъ	*dъmuxa	*dъmuxa	*dъmuxajǫ	*dъmuxaješi	*dъmuxajetь
Dual	*dъmuxaxově	*dъmuxasta	*dъmuxaste	*dъmuxajevě	*dъmuxajeta	*dъmuxajete
Plural	*dъmuxaxomъ	*dъmuxaste	*dъmuxašę	*dъmuxajemъ	*dъmuxajete	*dъmuxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dъmuxaaxъ	*dъmuxaaše	*dъmuxaaše	—	*dъmuxaji	*dъmuxaji
Dual	*dъmuxaaxově	*dъmuxaašeta	*dъmuxaašete	*dъmuxajivě	*dъmuxajita	—
Plural	*dъmuxaaxomъ	*dъmuxaašete	*dъmuxaaxǫ	*dъmuxajimъ	*dъmuxajite	—

Related terms

• *dǫti (“to blow, to swell”)
• *duxati (“to blow”)
• *dъmuxъ (“puff, whiff”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: дму́хаць (dmúxacʹ)
  • Russian: дму́хать (dmúxatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: дму́хати (dmúxaty)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dmýchati
    • Czech: dmýchat
  • Kashubian: dmùchac
  • Polish: dmuchać
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: dmuchaś

Further reading

• дмухати in Горох.ua (Етимологія)