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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъgati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend, to bow”), related to Proto-Germanic *beuganą (“to bow”). Likely akin to Proto-Slavic *gubiti (“to destroy, to wreck”), Proto-Slavic *gъbnǫ̀ti (“to bend”) via metathesis. Further related to Lithuanian baũgurs (“highland”).
Formally resembling Lithuanian baugùs (“fearful”)[1].
Verb
*bъgati impf
- to bend
Conjugation
Conjugation of *bъgati, *bъga, *bъgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *bъganьje | *bъgati | *bъgatъ | *bъgalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *bъganъ | *bъgajemъ |
| Active | *bъgavъ | *bъgaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bъgaxъ | *bъga | *bъga | *bъgajǫ | *bъgaješi | *bъgajetь |
| Dual | *bъgaxově | *bъgasta | *bъgaste | *bъgajevě | *bъgajeta | *bъgajete |
| Plural | *bъgaxomъ | *bъgaste | *bъgašę | *bъgajemъ | *bъgajete | *bъgajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bъgaaxъ | *bъgaaše | *bъgaaše | — | *bъgaji | *bъgaji |
| Dual | *bъgaaxově | *bъgaašeta | *bъgaašete | *bъgajivě | *bъgajita | — |
| Plural | *bъgaaxomъ | *bъgaašete | *bъgaaxǫ | *bъgajimъ | *bъgajite | — |
Related terms
- *buga (“oxbow lake, wetland, mold; riverbank”)
- *bugrъ (“hillock”)
- *bugъla (“hardship, concern”)
Derived terms
- *bъgadlo (“bending tool”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бгаць (bhacʹ, “to poke”)
- Russian: бгать (bgatʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: бга́ти (bháty)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 115
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бгать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “буга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 86
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “baugus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83