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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běžati

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 *bēˀgjā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷ-y-eh₂-ti (innovative denominative present), from *bʰegʷ- (“to flee, run”).

Verb

*běžàti impf [1][2]

  1. to run, escape

Inflection
Conjugation of *běžati (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*běžanьje *běžati *běžatъ *běžalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *běžanъ *běžimъ
Active *běžavъ *běžę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *běžaxъ*běža*běža *běžǫ*běžiši*běžitь
Dual *běžaxově*běžasta*běžaste *běživě*běžita*běžite
Plural *běžaxomъ*běžaste*běžašę *běžimъ*běžite*běžętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *běžaaxъ*běžaaše*běžaaše —*běži*běži
Dual *běžaaxově*běžaašeta*běžaašete *běživě*běžita—
Plural *běžaaxomъ*běžaašete*běžaaxǫ *běžimъ*běžite—

Descendants
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: běžet
    • Polish: bieżeć
    • Slovak: bežať
    • Slovinian: bjìe̯žěc

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*běžàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40: “v. (c) ‘run, escape’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “běžjǫ -ěti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c run (PR 139)”
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