Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bližiti

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

By surface analysis, *bliže +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*bližiti (sę)^[1]

(reflexive) to close in, to near

Inflection

Conjugation of *bližiti, *bliži, *bližitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bliženьje	*bližiti	*bližitъ	*bližilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bliženъ	*bližimъ
Active	*bližь	*bližę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bližixъ	*bliži	*bliži	*bližǫ	*bližiši	*bližitь
Dual	*bližixově	*bližista	*bližiste	*bliživě	*bližita	*bližite
Plural	*bližixomъ	*bližiste	*bližišę	*bližimъ	*bližite	*bližętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bližaaxъ	*bližaaše	*bližaaše	—	*bliži	*bliži
Dual	*bližaaxově	*bližaašeta	*bližaašete	*bliživě	*bližita	—
Plural	*bližaaxomъ	*bližaašete	*bližaaxǫ	*bližimъ	*bližite	—

(*)*bliživъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: блі́зіцца (blízicca)
- Russian: бли́зиться (blízitʹsja)
- Ukrainian: бли́зити (blýzyty) (obsolete), бли́зитися (blýzytysja) (rare)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: ближи (bliži)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бли́жити
  
  Latin script: blížiti
West Slavic:
- Czech: blížit
- Old Polish: bliżyć
  - Polish: bliżyć (obsolete)
- Slovak: blížiť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bližyś
  - Upper Sorbian: bližić

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bližiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 123

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bližiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 123

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