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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bryzgati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Per ESSJa, likely of onomatopoeic origin, probably a dialectal variation of *brъzgati. A similar grade variation is observed in South-Central Slavic *prъskati : Northern Slavic *pryskati (“to spray”).
Morphologically equivalent of Proto-Slavic *brudъ (“mud, dirt”) / *brugъ (unattested) + *-skati, ultimately an extension of Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to brew”).
Verb
*brỳzgati impf (perfective *bryzgnǫti)[1][2]
- to sprinkle, to spray, to splatter
- Synonyms: *prъskati, *pryskati
- to flow viscously
Alternative forms
- *brъzgati (0-grade)
Conjugation
Conjugation of *bryzgati, *bryzga, *bryzgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *bryzganьje | *bryzgati | *bryzgatъ | *bryzgalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *bryzganъ | *bryzgajemъ |
| Active | *bryzgavъ | *bryzgaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bryzgaxъ | *bryzga | *bryzga | *bryzgajǫ | *bryzgaješi | *bryzgajetь |
| Dual | *bryzgaxově | *bryzgasta | *bryzgaste | *bryzgajevě | *bryzgajeta | *bryzgajete |
| Plural | *bryzgaxomъ | *bryzgaste | *bryzgašę | *bryzgajemъ | *bryzgajete | *bryzgajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bryzgaaxъ | *bryzgaaše | *bryzgaaše | — | *bryzgaji | *bryzgaji |
| Dual | *bryzgaaxově | *bryzgaašeta | *bryzgaašete | *bryzgajivě | *bryzgajita | — |
| Plural | *bryzgaaxomъ | *bryzgaašete | *bryzgaaxǫ | *bryzgajimъ | *bryzgajite | — |
Related terms
- *brudъ (“mud, dirt”) (possibly)
- *břuzga (“slush”) (possibly)
- *bruzgati (“to charge, to commit, to take a risk”) (possibly)
- *bryzgъ, *bryzga (“mucus, foam”)
- *bryždžati (“to itch, to irritate”)
- *bryskati (“to bound”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бры́згаць (brýzhacʹ)
- Russian: бры́згать (brýzgatʹ)
- Ukrainian: бри́згати (brýzhaty)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бри́ждя (bríždja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бри̏згати
- Latin: brȉzgati
- Slovene: brȋzgati
- West Slavic:
- Czech: brýzhati
- Polish: bryzgać
- Slovak: brýzgať
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: bryzgaś
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bryzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бриждя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 78
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “brȋzgati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*bry̋zgati”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “bryzžjǫ bryzžjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 209; PR 133)”