Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolžiti

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, *bolgъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*bolžiti (sę)^[1]

to good?, to jollify?
to flatter?, to honor?

Inflection

Conjugation of *bolžiti, *bolži, *bolžitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bolženьje	*bolžiti	*bolžitъ	*bolžilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bolženъ	*bolžimъ
Active	*bolžь	*bolžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bolžixъ	*bolži	*bolži	*bolžǫ	*bolžiši	*bolžitь
Dual	*bolžixově	*bolžista	*bolžiste	*bolživě	*bolžita	*bolžite
Plural	*bolžixomъ	*bolžiste	*bolžišę	*bolžimъ	*bolžite	*bolžętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bolžaaxъ	*bolžaaše	*bolžaaše	—	*bolži	*bolži
Dual	*bolžaaxově	*bolžaašeta	*bolžaašete	*bolživě	*bolžita	—
Plural	*bolžaaxomъ	*bolžaašete	*bolžaaxǫ	*bolžimъ	*bolžite	—

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

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: блажити (blažiti)
- Bulgarian: бла̀жа (blàža)
- Macedonian: блажи (blaži)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бла́жити
  
  Latin script: blážiti
- Slovene: blažīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: blažit (obsolete)
- Old Polish: błożyć
  - Middle Polish: błożyć
- Slovak: blažiť

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolžiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 184

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolžiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 184

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