Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bujiti

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

Formed as *bujь (“vivid, outraged”) +‎ *-iti, reflecting Proto-Indo-European *bʰowH-éye-ti ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to inflate, to grow”). May have been influenced by the onomatopoeric Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, to storm”) (compare Proto-Slavic *buřa (“storm”), Proto-Slavic *buševati (“to bluster, to storm”)).

Verb

*bujiti impf (perfective *buniti)

(transitive) to drive mad
(intransitive) to go on a rampage
(intransitive) to grow, to spread rapidly

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bujiti, *buji, *bujitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bujenьje	*bujiti	*bujitъ	*bujilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bujenъ	*bujimъ
Active	*bujь	*buję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bujixъ	*buji	*buji	*bujǫ	*bujiši	*bujitь
Dual	*bujixově	*bujista	*bujiste	*bujivě	*bujita	*bujite
Plural	*bujixomъ	*bujiste	*bujišę	*bujimъ	*bujite	*bujętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bujaaxъ	*bujaaše	*bujaaše	—	*buji	*buji
Dual	*bujaaxově	*bujaašeta	*bujaašete	*bujivě	*bujita	—
Plural	*bujaaxomъ	*bujaašete	*bujaaxǫ	*bujimъ	*bujite	—

(*)*bujivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*bujati (“to go on a rampage”)
*bujevati (“to grow vividly”)
*bujьnъ (“energetic, impetuous”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: обѹити (obuiti)
- Bulgarian: бу́я (búja), dial. бу́им (búim)
- Macedonian: буи (bui)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бу́јити
  Latin: bújiti
West Slavic:
- Czech: bujit (dialectal)