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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běliti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *bělъ + *-iti.
Verb
*běliti
- to whiten
Conjugation
Conjugation of *běliti, *běli, *bělitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *běľenьje | *běliti | *bělitъ | *bělilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *běľenъ | *bělimъ |
| Active | *běľь | *bělę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bělixъ | *běli | *běli | *běľǫ | *běliši | *bělitь |
| Dual | *bělixově | *bělista | *běliste | *bělivě | *bělita | *bělite |
| Plural | *bělixomъ | *běliste | *bělišę | *bělimъ | *bělite | *bělętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *běľaaxъ | *běľaaše | *běľaaše | — | *běli | *běli |
| Dual | *běľaaxově | *běľaašeta | *běľaašete | *bělivě | *bělita | — |
| Plural | *běľaaxomъ | *běľaašete | *běľaaxǫ | *bělimъ | *bělite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*bělivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бѣлити (běliti)
- Belarusian: бялі́ць (bjalícʹ)
- Russian: бели́ть (belítʹ)
- Old Ukrainian: бѣлити (běliti)
- Ukrainian: біли́ти (bilýty)
- Old East Slavic: бѣлити (běliti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: бѣлити (běliti)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⱑⰾⰹⱅⰹ (běliti)
- Church Slavonic (Russian recension): бѣлити (běliti)
- Bulgarian: бе́ля (bélja)
- Macedonian: бели (beli)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бе́лити
- Latin: béliti
- Slovene: béliti
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bělit
- Polabian: belĕt
- Polish: bielić
- Slovak: bieliť
- Slovincian: bje̯lěc
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: běliś
- Upper Sorbian: bělić
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67