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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bujь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *bujati + *-jь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-.
Adjective
*bujь
- overexcited, volatile
- (by extension) → quick-tempered, foolish
Declension
Indefinite declension of *bujь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bujь | *buja | *buje |
| Accusative | *bujь | *bujǫ | *buje |
| Genitive | *buja | *buję | *buja |
| Locative | *buji | *buji | *buji |
| Dative | *buju | *buji | *buju |
| Instrumental | *bujemь | *bujejǫ | *bujemь |
| Vocative | *buju | *buje | *buje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *buja | *buji | *buji |
| Accusative | *buja | *buji | *buji |
| Genitive | *buju | *buju | *buju |
| Locative | *buju | *buju | *buju |
| Dative | *bujema | *bujama | *bujema |
| Instrumental | *bujema | *bujama | *bujema |
| Vocative | *buja | *buji | *buji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *buji | *buję | *buja |
| Accusative | *buję | *buję | *buja |
| Genitive | *bujь | *bujь | *bujь |
| Locative | *bujixъ | *bujaxъ | *bujixъ |
| Dative | *bujemъ | *bujamъ | *bujemъ |
| Instrumental | *buji | *bujami | *buji |
| Vocative | *buji | *buję | *buja |
Definite declension of *bujь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bujьjь | *bujaja | *bujeje |
| Accusative | *bujьjь | *bujǫjǫ | *bujeje |
| Genitive | *bujajego | *bujęję | *bujajego |
| Locative | *bujijemь | *bujiji | *bujijemь |
| Dative | *bujujemu | *bujiji | *bujujemu |
| Instrumental | *bujijimi | *bujǫjǫ | *bujijimi |
| Vocative | *bujьjь | *bujaja | *bujeje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *bujaja | *bujiji | *bujiji |
| Accusative | *bujaja | *bujiji | *bujiji |
| Genitive | *bujuju | *bujuju | *bujuju |
| Locative | *bujuju | *bujuju | *bujuju |
| Dative | *bujijima | *bujijima | *bujijima |
| Instrumental | *bujijima | *bujijima | *bujijima |
| Vocative | *bujaja | *bujiji | *bujiji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *bujiji | *bujęję | *bujaja |
| Accusative | *bujęję | *bujęję | *bujaja |
| Genitive | *bujьjixъ | *bujьjixъ | *bujьjixъ |
| Locative | *bujijixъ | *bujijixъ | *bujijixъ |
| Dative | *bujijimъ | *bujijimъ | *bujijimъ |
| Instrumental | *bujijimi | *bujijimi | *bujijimi |
| Vocative | *bujiji | *bujęję | *bujaja |
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰewH- (0 c, 7 e)
Derived terms
- *bujьnъ (“impetuous, violent”)
- *bujestь (“thoughtlessness”)
- *bujьstо (“ignorance, violence”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бꙋи (bui)
- Belarusian: буй (buj)
- Russian: буй (buj) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: буй (buj)
- Old East Slavic: бꙋи (bui)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: боуи (bui)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
- Cyrillic: буј
- Latin: buj
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: buj
- Slovak: buj
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “буй”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress