Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/byjati

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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

A byform of *byti +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to grow, to become).

Verb

*byjati impf

  1. Alternative form of *byvati

Conjugation

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian: (rare)
      Cyrillic script: би́јати
      Latin script: bíјati[1]

References

  1. ^ Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “bíjati, bȋjȃm”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 289

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*byvati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 157