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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bajati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.

Verb

*bàjati impf [1][2]

  1. to tell

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: баꙗти (bajati)
      • Russian: ба́ять (bájatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ба́яти (bájaty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bájit
    • Polish: bajać
    • Slovincian: bajac
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: bajaś
      • Upper Sorbian: bać

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33: “v. (a) ‘tell’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), bajǫ -ati”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 205, 247; PR 133)”
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