Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klepati

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

Usually viewed as expressive or onomatopoeic in nature. Analogous forms found also in Lithuanian klepsė́ti (“to slam”), kleptóti (“to munch noisily”); Proto-Germanic *klappōną (“to clap”). Vasmer further compares Latin crepō (“to creak”).

See also Proto-Indo-European *klep- (“to steal”).

Verb

*klepàti impf (perfective *klepnǫti)

1. to knock, to clap

   → to rivet (metals), to hew

   → to wink, to blink

   → to shut/open a valve

2. to lure, to hint, to trap
3. to stain, to spatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of *klepati, *klepa, *klepľetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*klepanьje	*klepati	*klepatъ	*klepalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*klepanъ	*klepľemъ
Active	*klepavъ	*klepľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klepaxъ	*klepa	*klepa	*klepľǫ	*klepľeši	*klepľetь
Dual	*klepaxově	*klepasta	*klepaste	*klepľevě	*klepľeta	*klepľete
Plural	*klepaxomъ	*klepaste	*klepašę	*klepľemъ	*klepľete	*klepľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klepaaxъ	*klepaaše	*klepaaše	—	*klepľi	*klepľi
Dual	*klepaaxově	*klepaašeta	*klepaašete	*klepľivě	*klepľita	—
Plural	*klepaaxomъ	*klepaašete	*klepaaxǫ	*klepľimъ	*klepľite	—

Conjugation of *klepati, *klepa, *klepajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*klepanьje	*klepati	*klepatъ	*klepalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*klepanъ	*klepajemъ
Active	*klepavъ	*klepaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klepaxъ	*klepa	*klepa	*klepajǫ	*klepaješi	*klepajetь
Dual	*klepaxově	*klepasta	*klepaste	*klepajevě	*klepajeta	*klepajete
Plural	*klepaxomъ	*klepaste	*klepašę	*klepajemъ	*klepajete	*klepajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*klepaaxъ	*klepaaše	*klepaaše	—	*klepaji	*klepaji
Dual	*klepaaxově	*klepaašeta	*klepaašete	*klepajivě	*klepajita	—
Plural	*klepaaxomъ	*klepaašete	*klepaaxǫ	*klepajimъ	*klepajite	—

Derived terms

nouns

• (instrumental noun) *klepačь
• (instrumental noun) *klepadlo
• (instrumental noun) *klepьcь
• (action noun) *klepotъ
• (action noun) *klepъ
• (instrumental noun) *klepъka

 

adjectives

• *klepavъ
• *klepьnъ

 

Related terms

• *klepiti
• *klopiti
• *klapati, *klapa (probably)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клепати (klepati, “to accuse”)
    • Belarusian: клепа́ць (kljepácʹ)
    • Russian: клепа́ть (klepátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: клепа́ти (klepáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: клепати (klepati, “to allude”)
  • Bulgarian: кле́пя (klépja), кле́пам (klépam)

    ⇒ Romanian: clipi (“to blink”)

  • Macedonian: клепа (klepa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: клѐпати

    Latin script: klèpati

  • Slovene: klepáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klepat
  • Polish: klepać
  • Old Slovak:
    • Pannonian Rusyn: клєпац (kljepac)
    • Slovak: klepať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: klepaś
    • Upper Sorbian: klepać

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клепать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klepati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 07
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клепя¹, -еш”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 437