Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běgati

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 edit

Etymology edit

From thematizing of earlier *běťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bḗˀgtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-.

Verb edit

*bě̀gati impf^[1]^[2]

to flee
to run

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *běgati, *běga, *běgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*běganьje	*běgati	*běgatъ	*běgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*běganъ	*běgajemъ
Active	*běgavъ	*běgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běgaxъ	*běga	*běga	*běgajǫ	*běgaješi	*běgajetь
Dual	*běgaxově	*běgasta	*běgaste	*běgajevě	*běgajeta	*běgajete
Plural	*běgaxomъ	*běgaste	*běgašę	*běgajemъ	*běgajete	*běgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běgaaxъ	*běgaaše	*běgaaše	—	*běgaji	*běgaji
Dual	*běgaaxově	*běgaašeta	*běgaašete	*běgajivě	*běgajita	—
Plural	*běgaaxomъ	*běgaašete	*běgaaxǫ	*běgajimъ	*běgajite	—

Alternative forms edit

*běťi

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old East Slavic: бѣгати (běgati)
- Old Ruthenian: бѣ́гати (bě́hati)
  - Belarusian: бе́гаць (bjéhacʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: бі́гати (bíhaty)
  - Ukrainian: бі́гати (bíhaty)
- Russian: бе́гать (bégatʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: бѣгати (běgati)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰱⱑⰳⰰⱅⰹ (běgati)
- Bulgarian: бя́гам (bjágam)
- Macedonian: бе́га (béga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бе̏гати, бје̏гати
  
  Latin: bȅgati, bjȅgati
- Slovene: bẹ̑gati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: běhati
  - Czech: běhat
- Old Polish: biegać
  - Polish: biegać
- Slovak: behať
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: biegac
  - Slovincian: bjêgac
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: běhać
  - Lower Sorbian: běgaś

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bě̀gati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 39: “v. (a) ‘run, flee’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “běgajǫ -ati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 123, 133)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bě̀gati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 39: “v. (a) ‘run, flee’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “běgajǫ -ati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 123, 133)”

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