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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brъzgati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic, related to *bryzgati. Analogous grade variation is also observed in Southern *prъskati : Northern *pryskati (both “to splash, to spray”). Formally equivalent to Lithuanian brũzgât (“to snort”), perhaps of shared origin (compare further Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to brew”)).
BER joins the meanings to strew (ръся) with to burst, to spew (пръскам), however, the later sense may also reflect *brьzgati.
Verb
*brъzgati impf
- (intransitive) to popple → to strew, to drizzle (for liquid)
- (by extension) to splatter, to gush
- (reflexive) (+ *sę) to burst, to spew (for liquid, mucus)
Alternative forms
- *bryzgati (enlonged grade)
Conjugation
Conjugation of *brъzgati, *brъzga, *brъzgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *brъzganьje | *brъzgati | *brъzgatъ | *brъzgalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *brъzganъ | *brъzgajemъ |
| Active | *brъzgavъ | *brъzgaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *brъzgaxъ | *brъzga | *brъzga | *brъzgajǫ | *brъzgaješi | *brъzgajetь |
| Dual | *brъzgaxově | *brъzgasta | *brъzgaste | *brъzgajevě | *brъzgajeta | *brъzgajete |
| Plural | *brъzgaxomъ | *brъzgaste | *brъzgašę | *brъzgajemъ | *brъzgajete | *brъzgajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *brъzgaaxъ | *brъzgaaše | *brъzgaaše | — | *brъzgaji | *brъzgaji |
| Dual | *brъzgaaxově | *brъzgaašeta | *brъzgaašete | *brъzgajivě | *brъzgajita | — |
| Plural | *brъzgaaxomъ | *brъzgaašete | *brъzgaaxǫ | *brъzgajimъ | *brъzgajite | — |
Related terms
- *brudъ (“mud, dirt”) (possibly)
- *bruzgati (“to charge, to commit”) (possibly)
- *bryzgъ, *bryzga (“mucus”)
- *bryskati (“to bound”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бръ́згам (brǎ́zgam, “to strew; to burst”) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: брзга (brzga, “to gush, to splatter”)
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: brzgať
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brъzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бръзгам, бризвам, бризна, бръзнувам, бръзвам, бръзна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 83