klěščiti

klěščiti Grammatical information: v.

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Czech:

kleštiti `castrate' [verb];

klestiti `prune, clear, castrate' [verb]

Old Czech:

klestiti `castrate' [verb], klešču [1sg]

Slovak:

klieštit' `castrate' [verb]

Polish:

kleścić (dial.) `castrate' [verb], kleszczę [1sg], kleścisz [2sg];

kleszczyc (1902) `castrate' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

klijèštiti `squeeze' [verb]

Comments: Apparently a derivative of -> *klěšča. The ESSJa suggests that forms reflecting *klestiti are analogical after *pustiti, 1sg. *puščǫ. This may very well be correct, but it should be noted that the West Slavic forms with *-šč-, which could be analogical after the present stem or the noun *klěšča, are comparatively recent.