Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xajati

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

Has been compared to Tocharian A ske (“zeal, effort”) and Tocharian B skai- (“to strive, attemp”).

Verb

*xajati

to care for, to look after

Inflection

Conjugation of *xajati, *xaja, *xajetь (?, -a/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*xajanьje	*xajati	*xajatъ	*xajalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*xajanъ	*xajemъ
Active	*xajavъ	*xaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xajaxъ	*xaja	*xaja	*xajǫ	*xaješi	*xajetь
Dual	*xajaxově	*xajasta	*xajaste	*xajevě	*xajeta	*xajete
Plural	*xajaxomъ	*xajaste	*xajašę	*xajemъ	*xajete	*xajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*xajaaxъ	*xajaaše	*xajaaše	—	*xaji	*xaji
Dual	*xajaaxově	*xajaašeta	*xajaašete	*xajivě	*xajita	—
Plural	*xajaaxomъ	*xajaašete	*xajaaxǫ	*xajimъ	*xajite	—

Derived terms

verb

*nexati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ха́ять (xájatʹ)
- Ukrainian: ха́яти (xájaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⱈⰰⱑⱅⰻ (xaěti)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: хаꙗти (xajati)
  - Bulgarian: ха́я (hája) (obsolete); ⇒ неха́я (nehája)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ха̏јати
  
  Latin script: hȁjati
- Slovene: hájati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: chajať (dialectal)
- Polish: chajać (dialectal)
- >? Silesian: chajać
- Pomeranian:
  - >? Slovincian: χajac