Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kvapiti

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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

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Etymology

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Equivalent to *kvapъ (tension, charge, urge) +‎ *-iti, from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (to boil). Akin to Lithuanian kvapi̇̀nti, kvapýti (to scent).

Verb

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*kvapiti impf

  1. (probably originally) to set loose, to discharge, to release (pressure, stress, tension)
    1. (transitive) to urge, to compel
    2. (intransitive) to haste, to hurry

Alternative forms

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Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “квапить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “квапити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kvapiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 148