Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bimь

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.

Morphologically can be derived from -ě/i- optative-imperative. *-mь (1sg.opt.) is attested in:

• Perfective verbs (-C-, -V/C-): Old Church Slavonic ⱁⱅⱏⱂⰰⰴⱑⰿⱏ (otŭpaděmŭ), Church Slavonic приимѣмъ/приимѣмь (priiměmŭ/priiměmĭ), бѫдѣмъ/бѫдѣмь (bǫděmŭ/bǫděmĭ) and possibly Old Serbo-Croatian (budijem), (umrim/umrjm/umrim')
• Imperfective verbs (-C-, -ě/i-?): Old Serbo-Croatian (mozimь/mozěm) (IvanMisc.) and possibly hotiem/hodiem^[1][2]
• Therefore some OCS plural forms are reshaped after synonymous by-forms:
  • ⰱⰻⱈⱁⰿⱏ (bixomŭ, 1pl) < ⰱⰻⰿⱏ (bimŭ) + бꙑхомъ (byxomŭ)
  • ⰱⰻⱄⱅⰵ (biste, 2pl) < *ⰱⰻⱅⰵ (*bite) + бꙑсте (byste)
  • бишѧ (bišę, 3pl) < ⰱⱘ (bǫ, 3pl) : би (bi, 1sg) + бꙑшѧ (byšę, 3pl) : бꙑ (by, 1sg)

Compare Latvian biju (“I was”), Latin fīō (“I become”), Old Irish bíu (“I am”)

*bimь

1. first-person singular conditional of *byti

   Synonym: *byxъ

• *eša
• *aťe, *ače, *ešče

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: бимь (bimĭ), бимъ (bimŭ)
  • Old Slovene: bim^[3]

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бимь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бимь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 189