боꙗти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Verb

боꙗти • (bojati) impf (reflexive with сѧ)

to fear
- 11th century, Codex Zographensis (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 14:27:
  ⰴⱃⱏⰸⰰⰻⱅⰵ ⰰⰸⱏ ⰵⱄ҃ⰿⱐ ⱀⰵ ⰱⱁⰺⱅⰵ ⱄⱔ·
  [дръзаите азъ ес҃мь не боꙇте сѧ·]
  drŭzaite azŭ es:mĭ ne boite sę·
  Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
to be afraid [with genitive or отъ (otŭ, + genitive) ‘of something’]
- 11th century, Psalterium Sinaiticum (in Glagolitic), Book of Psalms 59:6:
  Ⰴⰰⰾⱏ ⰵⱄⰹ ⰱⱁⱗⱋⰹⰻⰿⱏ ⱄⱗ ⱅⰵⰱⰵ ⰸⱀⰰⰿⰵⱀⱐⰵ჻
  [Далъ есі боѩщіимъ сѩ тебе знаменье჻]
  Dalŭ esi bojęštiimŭ sję tebe znamenĭje჻
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of боꙗти (class II3, intransitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
боꙗти bojati	боꙗтъ bojatŭ	боꙗниѥ bojanije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		боѧ boję	боꙗвъ bojavŭ
passive		—	—

singular		боꙗлъ bojalŭ	боꙗло bojalo	боꙗла bojala
dual		боꙗла bojala	боꙗлѣ bojalě	боꙗлѣ bojalě
plural		боꙗли bojali	боꙗла bojala	боꙗлꙑ bojaly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	боѭ bojǫ	боꙗахъ bojaaxŭ	—
	2nd	боиши boiši	боꙗаше bojaaše	бои boi
	3rd	боитъ boitŭ	боꙗаше bojaaše	бои boi
dual	1st	боивѣ boivě	боꙗаховѣ bojaaxově	боивѣ boivě
	2nd	боита boita	боꙗашета bojaašeta	боита boita
	3rd	боите, боита boite, boita	боꙗашете, боꙗашета bojaašete, bojaašeta	—
plural	1st	боимъ boimŭ	боꙗахомъ bojaaxomŭ	боимъ boimŭ
	2nd	боите boite	боꙗашете bojaašete	боите boite
	3rd	боѧтъ bojętŭ	боꙗахѫ bojaaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	боꙗхъ bojaxŭ
	2nd	боꙗ boja
	3rd	боꙗ boja
dual	1st	боꙗховѣ bojaxově
	2nd	боꙗста bojasta
	3rd	боꙗсте, боꙗста bojaste, bojasta
plural	1st	боꙗхомъ bojaxomŭ
	2nd	боꙗсте bojaste
	3rd	боꙗшѧ bojašę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of боꙗти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ боꙗти
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of боꙗти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

оубоꙗти сѧ pf (ubojati sę)

Related terms

боꙗзнь f (bojaznĭ)

Descendants

→ Russian: боя́ться (bojátʹsja)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: бо̀јати

Latin script: bòjati
→ Ukrainian: боя́тися (bojátysja)