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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běkati
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *bekati (per ESSJa)
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin, from the interjection be-e-e (“baa”) + *-kati. Technically reflecting Proto-Indo-European *beh₁- (“to bleat”).
Verb
*běkati impf (perfective *běknǫti)[1]
- to bleat, to yell
Alternative forms
- *bekotati, *begotati
Conjugation
Conjugation of *běkati (impf., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *běkatьje | *běkati | *běkatъ | *běkalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *běkatъ | *běčomъ |
| Active | *běkavъ | *běčy |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *běkaxъ | *běka | *běka | *běčǫ | *běčeši | *běčetь |
| Dual | *běkaxově | *běkasta | *běkaste | *běčevě | *běčeta | *běčete |
| Plural | *běkaxomъ | *běkaste | *běkašę | *běčemъ | *běčete | *běčǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *běčěaxъ | *běčěaše | *běčěaše | — | *běči | *běči |
| Dual | *běčěaxově | *běčěašeta | *běčěašete | *běčěvě | *běčěta | — |
| Plural | *běčěaxomъ | *běčěašete | *běčěaxǫ | *běčěmъ | *běčěte | — |
Conjugation of *běkati (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *běkanьje | *běkati | *běkatъ | *běkalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *běkanъ | *běkajemъ |
| Active | *běkavъ | *běkaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *běkaxъ | *běka | *běka | *běkajǫ | *běkaješi | *běkajetь |
| Dual | *běkaxově | *běkasta | *běkaste | *běkajevě | *běkajeta | *běkajete |
| Plural | *běkaxomъ | *běkaste | *běkašę | *běkajemъ | *běkajete | *běkajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *běkaaxъ | *běkaaše | *běkaaše | — | *běkaji | *běkaji |
| Dual | *běkaaxově | *běkaašeta | *běkaašete | *běkajivě | *běkajita | — |
| Plural | *běkaaxomъ | *běkaašete | *běkaaxǫ | *běkajimъ | *běkajite | — |
Related terms
- *běkъ (“bleat, cry”)
- *bekotъ (“bleat”)
- *běka (“sheep, type of plant”)
- *bějьka (“sheep”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: бе́кать (békatʹ), dial. бекета́ть (beketátʹ)
- Ukrainian: бегетати (behetaty)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бе́ча (béča) (baby-word)
- Macedonian: бека (beka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бе́кати
- Latin: békati
- Slovene: bekáti, begetáti
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bekati
- Polish: bekać (“to burp”)
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bekati”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 183
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “бее”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 39
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bē, bā”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96: “slav. (z. B. klr.) bēkati”