Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/baiˀsás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-dʰh₁-so-s, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”).

Noun

*baiˀsás m[1][2][3]

demon, evil spirit

Inflection

Declension of *baiˀsás (o-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*baiˀsás	*báiˀsōˀ	*baiˀsái⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*báiˀsan	*báiˀsōˀ	*báiˀsō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*báiˀsā	*baiˀsā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*baiˀsṓn
Locative	*báiˀsai	*baiˀsā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*baiˀsáišu
Dative	*báiˀsōi	*baiˀsámā⁽ˀ⁾	*baiˀsámas
Instrumental	*báiˀsōˀ	*baiˀsámāˀ	*baiˀsṓis
Vocative	*báiˀse	*báiˀsōˀ	*baiˀsái⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: baĩsas
Proto-Slavic: *bě̑sъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40: “*boiʔsós”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “baisus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77: “*boiʔsós”
Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 99

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40: “*boiʔsós”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “baisus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77: “*boiʔsós”

[3] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 99