Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gykati

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

Onomatopoeic.^[1]

Verb

*gykati impf

to whoop

Inflection

Conjugation of *gykati, *gyka, *gykajetь (impf., intr., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*gykanьje	*gykati	*gykatъ	*gykalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*gykavъ	*gykaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gykaxъ	*gyka	*gyka	*gykajǫ	*gykaješi	*gykajetь
Dual	*gykaxově	*gykasta	*gykaste	*gykajevě	*gykajeta	*gykajete
Plural	*gykaxomъ	*gykaste	*gykašę	*gykajemъ	*gykajete	*gykajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*gykaaxъ	*gykaaše	*gykaaše	—	*gykaji	*gykaji
Dual	*gykaaxově	*gykaašeta	*gykaašete	*gykajivě	*gykajita	—
Plural	*gykaaxomъ	*gykaašete	*gykaaxǫ	*gykajimъ	*gykajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: гі́каць (híkacʹ)
- Russian: ги́кать (gíkatʹ)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hýkati
  - Czech: hýkat
- Slovak: híkať

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gykati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 221

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gykati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 221

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