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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bajati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.
Verb
*bàjati impf[1][2]
- to tell
Inflection
Conjugation of *bajati, *baja, *bajetь (impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *bajanьje | *bajati | *bajatъ | *bajalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *bajanъ | *bajemъ |
| Active | *bajavъ | *baję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bajaxъ | *baja | *baja | *bajǫ | *baješi | *bajetь |
| Dual | *bajaxově | *bajasta | *bajaste | *bajevě | *bajeta | *bajete |
| Plural | *bajaxomъ | *bajaste | *bajašę | *bajemъ | *bajete | *bajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bajaaxъ | *bajaaše | *bajaaše | — | *baji | *baji |
| Dual | *bajaaxově | *bajaašeta | *bajaašete | *bajivě | *bajita | — |
| Plural | *bajaaxomъ | *bajaašete | *bajaaxǫ | *bajimъ | *bajite | — |
Derived terms
- *badli
- *badlovati
- *badlunъ
- *badlьji
- *badlьstvo
- *badlovati
- *bajačь
- *bajadlo
- *bajadlica
- *bajadlьcь
- *bajadlьnica
- *bajadlьnikъ
- *bajadlьnъ
- *bajanъ
- *bajiti
- *bajidlo
- *bajunъ
- *bajь
- *bajьda
- *bajьka
- *basnь
Related terms
- *bakati
- *baxati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: баꙗти (bajati)
- Russian: ба́ять (bájatʹ) (archaic)
- Ukrainian: ба́яти (bájaty) (archaic)
- Old East Slavic: баꙗти (bajati)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ба́я (bája)
- Macedonian: бае (bae)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ба̏јати
- Latin: bȁjati
- Slovene: bájati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bájit
- Old Polish: bajać
- Polish: bajać
- Kashubian: bajac
- Slovincian: bajac
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: bać
- Lower Sorbian: bajaś
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 138
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33: “v. (a) ‘tell’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “bajǫ -ati”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 205, 247; PR 133)”