Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běťi

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bḗˀgtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷ-e-ti, from *bʰegʷ-.

Verb

*běťi impf (frequentative *bě̀gati)^[1]

to run (to move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot)
to flee (to run away)
to trickle (to flow slowly in small streams)

Inflection

Conjugation of *běťi, *běže, *běžetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*běženьje	*běťi	*běťь	*běglъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*běženъ	*běgomъ
Active	*běgъ	*běgy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běg(ox)ъ	*běže	*běže	*běgǫ	*běžeši	*běžetь
Dual	*běg(ox)ově	*běg(e/os)ta	*běg(e/os)te	*běževě	*běžeta	*běžete
Plural	*běg(ox)omъ	*běg(e/os)te	běgǫ, běgošę	*běžemъ	*běžete	*běgǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běžaaxъ	*běžaaše	*běžaaše	—	*bědzi	*bědzi
Dual	*běžaaxově	*běžaašeta	*běžaašete	*bědzěvě	*bědzěta	—
Plural	*běžaaxomъ	*běžaašete	*běžaaxǫ	*bědzěmъ	*bědzěte	—

Aorist *běgeste ⇒ *běžeste, ...

Derived terms

adjectives

*běglъ

Related terms

adjectives

*běgǫtъ

nouns

verbs

Descendants

East Slavic
- Old East Slavic: бѣчи (běči)
  - Old Ruthenian: бѣчи (běči), бѣгчи (běhči), бѣчь (běčʹ)
    - Belarusian: бе́гчы (bjéhčy)
    - Ukrainian: бі́гти (bíhty), (dialectal) бі́чи (bíčy)
  - Russian: бечи́ (bečí), бечь (bečʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бѣщи (běšti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱑⱋⰹ (běšti)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: по̀бећи
  
  Latin script: pòbeći
West Slavic
- Old Polish: biec
  - Polish: biec
  - Silesian: biyc
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: biec

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “běgti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 226

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běgťi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 59
Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “biec”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 26
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “biec”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 46, page 1
Anikin, A. E. (2009), “бечи́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 163

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “běgti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 226

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