Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojati

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 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *bajā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-eh₂-ti, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Cognate with Lithuanian bijóti, bijótis (“to be afraid”), Latvian bijât, bijâtiês (“to be afraid”), bîtiês (“to be afraid”), Old Prussian biātwei (“to be afraid”), Lithuanian bajùs (“fearful”), báimė, báilė (“fear”), Sanskrit भयते (bháyate), बिभेति (bibhéti, “to fear, to be afraid”), भीत (bhītá, “afraid”), भीति (bhīti, “fear”), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬧𐬙𐬉 (baiieṇtē, “(they) are afraid”), Old Irish báigul (“danger”).

Verb

*bojàti impf

  1. (reflexive) to fear, to be afraid

Inflection

Conjugation of *bojati, *boja, *bojitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*bojanьje? *bojati *bojatъ *bojalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive — —
Active *bojavъ *boję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *bojaxъ *boja *boja *bojǫ *bojiši *bojitь
Dual *bojaxově *bojasta *bojaste *bojivě *bojita *bojite
Plural *bojaxomъ *bojaste *bojašę *bojimъ *bojite *bojętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *bojaaxъ *bojaaše *bojaaše — *boji *boji
Dual *bojaaxově *bojaašeta *bojaašete *bojivě *bojita —
Plural *bojaaxomъ *bojaašete *bojaaxǫ *bojimъ *bojite —

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боя́ться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 163

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bojàti sę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50: “v. ‘fear, be afraid’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bojati (sę): bojǫ bojitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c frygte (PR 139)”
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