Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьzgati

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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

Per Trubačev (ESSJa), likely a 0-grade variant of *brězgati. Melnychuk (in context to the Ukranian descendants) considers denominal origin from Proto-Slavic *brězgъ, *brьzgъ.

Compare also dial. Bulgarian бръ́згам (brǎ́zgam, “to spew, to leak (for mucus, pus)”) (primarily “to strew, to sprinkle” apparently from *brъzgati).

Verb

*brьzgati impf (perfective *brьzgnǫti)

  1. to brisk, to poign, to disdain (for taste)
  2. to stale (for food)

Alternative forms

Conjugation

Conjugation of *brьzgati, *brьzga, *brьzgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*brьzganьje *brьzgati *brьzgatъ *brьzgalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *brьzganъ *brьzgajemъ
Active *brьzgavъ *brьzgaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *brьzgaxъ *brьzga *brьzga *brьzgajǫ *brьzgaješi *brьzgajetь
Dual *brьzgaxově *brьzgasta *brьzgaste *brьzgajevě *brьzgajeta *brьzgajete
Plural *brьzgaxomъ *brьzgaste *brьzgašę *brьzgajemъ *brьzgajete *brьzgajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *brьzgaaxъ *brьzgaaše *brьzgaaše — *brьzgaji *brьzgaji
Dual *brьzgaaxově *brьzgaašeta *brьzgaašete *brьzgajivě *brьzgajita —
Plural *brьzgaaxomъ *brьzgaašete *brьzgaaxǫ *brьzgajimъ *brьzgajite —
  • *braga (“pre-distilled alcohol mixture, must”) (possibly)
  • *brězgъ (“tar taste”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: бре́згати (brézhaty, “to stale”), збре́зкнути (zbrézknuty, “to disdain”)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: бръждя́ (brǎždjá, “to taste tarry”) (< *brьždžati)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brьzgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 73
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “брезгань”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 251
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бръжди (ми)²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 83
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