# плакати
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *plakati. Cognate with Latin plango.

#### Verb

плакати • (plakati) impf
* (reflexive) to weep
* (reflexive) to mourn
** from Vita Methodii, 1701300-1701330:
    людии же бещисльнъ народъ събьравъ сѧ проважаахоу съ свѣщами, плачꙇоуще сѧ добра оучителѧ и пастꙑрѧ.ljudii že beštislĭnŭ narodŭ sŭbĭravŭ sę provažaaxu sŭ svěštami, plačiušte sę dobra učitelę i pastyrę.An innumerable crowd of people gathered and accompanied him with candles, mourning their good teacher and shepherd.

##### Conjugation

present tense of плакати (plakati) :
| singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural |
| азъ (azŭ) | азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | ва (va) | та (ta) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | ти (ti) |
| плачѫ сѧ (plačǫ sę) | плачѫ сѧ (plačǫ sę) | плачеши сѧ (plačeši sę) | плачеши сѧ (plačeši sę) | плачетъ сѧ (plačetŭ sę) | плачетъ сѧ (plačetŭ sę) | плачевѣ сѧ (plačevě sę) | плачевѣ сѧ (plačevě sę) | плачета сѧ (plačeta sę) | плачета сѧ (plačeta sę) | плачете сѧ (plačete sę) | плачете сѧ (plačete sę) | плачемъ сѧ (plačemŭ sę) | плачемъ сѧ (plačemŭ sę) | плачете сѧ (plačete sę) | плачете сѧ (plačete sę) | плачѫтъ сѧ (plačǫtŭ sę) | плачѫтъ сѧ (plačǫtŭ sę) |

##### Descendants

* Russian: плакать (plakatʹ)
* Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: пла̏кати
    Latin script: plȁkati
* Bulgarian: плача (plača)

#### References

* плакати (сѧ) in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *polkati.

#### Verb

плакати • (plakati) ?
* to wash

##### Usage notes

* Only attested form is: плакаахѫ (plakaaxǫ)

#### References

* плакати in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

### Further reading

* Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 448
* Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “плакати”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)‎, volume 3, Prague: Euroslavica, page 46

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plakati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *plā́ˀktei, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂k-ye-ti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plǎːkati/
* Hyphenation: пла‧ка‧ти

### Verb

пла̏кати impf (Latin spelling plȁkati)
* (transitive, intransitive) to cry, weep
    Плачимо, плачимо у тишини. ― Let us cry, let us cry in silence.

#### Derived terms

* за̀плакати
* ѝсплакати
* о̀плакати
* по̀плакати
* про̀плакати
* ра̀сплакати

#### Related terms

* плач
* плачљив
* плачан
* плачко

### References

* “плакати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic плакати (plakati), from Proto-Slavic *plakati.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈpɫakɐte]

#### Verb

пла́кати • (plákaty) impf (perfective попла́кати)
* to cry, to weep
* to produce secretions
* (figuratively, colloquial) to complain
* (figuratively, colloquial) to melt

##### Derived terms

* па́лиця пла́че (pálycja pláče)
* пла́кали гро́ші (plákaly hróši)
* тюрма́ пла́че (tjurmá pláče)
* хоч плач (xoč plač)

#### References

* Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плакати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “плакати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɫɐˈkate]

#### Noun

плака́ти • (plakáty)
* nominative plural of плака́т (plakát)
* accusative plural of плака́т (plakát)
* vocative plural of плака́т (plakát)