Old English · verb

þaccian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈθɑk.ki.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈθɑk · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: thwack thack tap softly gently

Meaning

to touch softly, stroke
to pat
to strike gently, tap; to clap
to beat
to put one thing into another, add to

Conjugation

Conjugation of þaccian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	þacciġe	þaccode
2nd singular	þaccast	þaccodest
3rd singular	þaccaþ	þaccode
Plural	þacciaþ	þaccodon
Subjunctive
Singular	þacciġe	þaccode
Plural	þacciġen	þaccoden

Non-finite forms of þaccian
	Form
Infinitive	þaccian
Inflected infinitive	þaccienne
Imperative singular	þacca
Imperative plural	þacciaþ
Present participle	þacciende
Past participle	þaccod ġeþaccod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *þakwōną (“to touch, touch softly”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Saxon thakolōn (“to stroke, caress”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō (“to touch”). More at thwack, tangent.

Descendants

thack, thwack

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