Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blimati

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

From *blim- +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bleim-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰley-m-, the m-present extension of *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).

Verb

*blimati^[1]

to blink

Conjugation

Conjugation of *blimati, *blima, *blimajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*blimanьje	*blimati	*blimatъ	*blimalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*blimanъ	*blimajemъ
Active	*blimavъ	*blimaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blimaxъ	*blima	*blima	*blimajǫ	*blimaješi	*blimajetь
Dual	*blimaxově	*blimasta	*blimaste	*blimajevě	*blimajeta	*blimajete
Plural	*blimaxomъ	*blimaste	*blimašę	*blimajemъ	*blimajete	*blimajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blimaaxъ	*blimaaše	*blimaaše	—	*blimaji	*blimaji
Dual	*blimaaxově	*blimaašeta	*blimaašete	*blimajivě	*blimajita	—
Plural	*blimaaxomъ	*blimaašete	*blimaaxǫ	*blimajimъ	*blimajite	—

Related terms

*blěskъ (“glitter”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *блимати (*blimati)
  - Old Ruthenian: *блимати (*blimati)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: бли́мати (blýmaty)
      - ⇒ Carpathian Rusyn: бли́мкати (blýmkaty)
    - Ukrainian: бли́мати (blýmaty)
      - ⇒ Ukrainian: бли́мкати (blýmkaty)
West Slavic:
- ⇒? Old Slovak: blinkať
  - Slovak: blinkať

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blimati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 115

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blimati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 115

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