Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/buxati

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

Onomatopoeic. Has been compared to Ancient Greek βύᾱς (búās), Latin būbō, Latvian baũkš and Old Armenian բու (bu).

Verb edit

*buxati impf (perfective *buxnǫti)

(transitive) to bang?, to thump?
(intransitive) to thud?

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *buxati, *buxa, *buxajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*buxanьje	*buxati	*buxatъ	*buxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*buxanъ	*buxajemъ
Active	*buxavъ	*buxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*buxaxъ	*buxa	*buxa	*buxajǫ	*buxaješi	*buxajetь
Dual	*buxaxově	*buxasta	*buxaste	*buxajevě	*buxajeta	*buxajete
Plural	*buxaxomъ	*buxaste	*buxašę	*buxajemъ	*buxajete	*buxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*buxaaxъ	*buxaaše	*buxaaše	—	*buxaji	*buxaji
Dual	*buxaaxově	*buxaašeta	*buxaašete	*buxajivě	*buxajita	—
Plural	*buxaaxomъ	*buxaašete	*buxaaxǫ	*buxajimъ	*buxajite	—

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: бу́хаць (búxacʹ)
  - Russian: бу́хать (búxatʹ)
  - Ukrainian: бу́хати (búxaty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бу́хам (búham)
- Macedonian: бува (buva)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бу́хнути
  
  Latin script: buhnuti
- Slovene: búhati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Czech: bouchat
- Polish: buchać
- Slovak: búchať
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: buchaś
  
  Upper Sorbian: buchać