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to sleep

Source:*sъpatiProto-Slaviccertain

The weak yer of *sъpati vanished everywhere, leaving the cluster sp-.

English

to sleep

Polish

spać
spatɕ
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  • Russian
    спатьspatʹ
    spatʲinherited
  • Ukrainian
    спа́тиspaty
    ˈspatɪinherited
  • Polish
    spać
    spatɕinherited
  • Czech
    spát
    spaːtinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    spavatiспавати
    ˈspavatiinherited

    The extended form spavati is the everyday infinitive (spavam 'I sleep').

  • English
    to sleep

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