nicati

nicati; nikati Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `arise'

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Old Church Slavic:

ničetъ (Cloz.) `arises, germinates' [3sg]

Church Slavic:

nicati (RuCS) `lie stretched out face downwards, germinate' [verb];

nikati `appear, germinate, stoop' [verb], niču [1sg]

Russian:

níkat' (dial.) `dive (Psk.), walk around aimlessly (SW)' [verb]

Old Russian:

nikati `appear, germinate, stoop' [verb], niču [1sg]

Czech:

níceti (Kott) `germinate' [verb];

niceti (Kott) `lie face downwards' [verb]

Slovak:

nicat' (Kott) `bow down' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

Čak. nȉkat (Orlec) `come up (of plants, etc.)' [verb], nȋču [1sg]

Slovene:

níkati `bow down' [verb], níkam [1sg]

Indo-European reconstruction: ni-Hk-eh₁-

Other cognates:

Skt. ni `downwards' [adv];

Skt. nīcā́ `downwards'