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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kapati

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

Either of onomatopaeic origin (from the sound made by dripping water cap!) or an enlonged grade of Proto-Slavic *kopati (“to dig, to ditch”), akin to Lithuanian kapóti (“to hack, to chop”), Latvian kapât (“to chop”), and Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, to shake”). Often compared to Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas (“phlegm, mucus”), which however may be from non-Indo-European substratum.

Verb

*kàpati impf (perfective *kapnǫti)[1][2]

  1. to drip

Inflection

  • *kapъ (“culvert, drainage”)
  • *kapь (“drop”)
  • *kapežь (“leakage”)

Derived terms

  • *jьzkapati (“to drop out”)
  • *zakapati (“to leak down, to rot”)
  • *okapati (“to fall down”)
  • *sъkapati (“to fall apart, to break down”)
  • *prokapati (“to leak through”)
  • *perkapati (“to drip a single droplet”)
  • *prikapati (“to add a droplet”)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kapati: kapljǫ kapljetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 13; MP 233)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kápati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*ka̋pati”
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