Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bytьje

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 *byti +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*bytьje n^[1]

existence, beinghood

Declension

Declension of *bytьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bytьje	*bytьji	*bytьja
genitive	*bytьja	*bytьju	*bytьjь
dative	*bytьju	*bytьjema	*bytьjemъ
accusative	*bytьje	*bytьji	*bytьja
instrumental	bytьjьmь, bytьjemь^*	*bytьjema	*bytьji
locative	*bytьji	*bytьju	*bytьjixъ
vocative	*bytьje	*bytьji	*bytьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бꙑтие (bytije), бꙑтье (bytĭje)
  - Old Ruthenian: бытьє́ (bytʹjé), бытїє́ (bytijé), бутьє́ (butʹjé)
    - Belarusian: быццё (byccjó)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: бытя́ (bŷtjá), бытіє́ (bŷtijé)
    - Ukrainian: буття́ (buttjá), битіє́ (bytijé)
  - Russian: бытьё (bytʹjó)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бꙑтиѥ (bytije)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⰺⱅⰻⰵ (bytie)
  - Bulgarian: битие́ (bitié)
  - Macedonian: битие (bitie)
  - Church Slavonic: бытие (bytije) (Russian recension)
    - → Russian: бытие́ (bytijé)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: би́ће
  
  Latin script: bíće
- Slovene: bītje
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bytie
  - Czech: bytí
- Polish: bycie
- Slovak: bytie
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: bëcé
  - Slovincian: bëcé
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: byśe
  - Upper Sorbian: byće

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bytьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 156

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bytьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 156

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