бѣгати

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⰱⱑⰳⰰⱅⰹ (běgati) — Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bě̋gati (“to flee, run”).

Verb

бѣгати • (běgati) impf

1. to run, to flee
2. to avoid, to escape

Usage notes

• бѣгати (běgati) is in the class of abstract verbs. Its counterpart, бѣжати (běžati) is a concrete verb.

Conjugation

present tense of бѣгати (běgati) singular dual plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) бѣгаѭ (běgajǫ) бѣгаѥши (běgaješi) бѣгаѥтъ (běgajetŭ) бѣгаѥвѣ (běgajevě) бѣгаѥта (běgajeta) бѣгаѥте (běgajete) бѣгаѥмъ (běgajemŭ) бѣгаѥте (běgajete) бѣгаѭтъ (běgajǫtŭ)

Derived terms

• избѣгнѫти (izběgnǫti)

Related terms

• бѣжати (běžati)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běgati. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бѣгати (běgati) and Old Polish biegać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːɡɑti/→/ˈbʲeːɡatʲi/→/ˈbʲeːɡatʲi/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːɡɑti/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːɡatʲi/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːɡatʲi/

• Hyphenation: бѣ‧га‧ти

Verb

бѣгати (běgati) impf (perfective бѣжати)

1. (intransitive) to run
2. (intransitive) to flee

Conjugation

Conjugation of бѣгати (type III verb)

		Singular	Dual	Plural
Present	1st	бѣгаѭ běgajǫ	бѣгаевѣ běgajevě	бѣгаемъ běgajemŭ
	2nd	бѣгаеши běgaješi	бѣгаета běgajeta	бѣгаете běgajete
	3rd	бѣгаеть běgajetĭ	бѣгаета běgajeta	бѣгаѭть běgajǫtĭ
Aorist	1st	бѣгахъ běgaxŭ	бѣгаховѣ běgaxově	бѣгахомъ běgaxomŭ
	2nd	бѣга běga	бѣгаста běgasta	бѣгасте běgaste
	3rd	бѣга běga	бѣгаста běgasta	бѣгаша běgaša
Imperfect	1st	бѣгахъ běgaxŭ	бѣгаховѣ běgaxově	бѣгахомъ běgaxomŭ
	2nd	бѣгаше běgaše	бѣгаста běgasta	бѣгасте běgaste
	3rd	бѣгаше běgaše	бѣгаста běgasta	бѣгахѫ, бѣгахѫть běgaxǫ, běgaxǫtĭ
Imperative		бѣгаи běgai	бѣгаита běgaita	бѣгаите běgaite
Cohortative		— —	бѣгаивѣ běgaivě	бѣгаимъ běgaimŭ
Present Active Participle		Present Passive Participle	Past Active Participle	Past Passive Participle
бѣгаѧ běgaję		— —	бѣгавъ běgavŭ	— —
L-Participle		Infinitive	Supine
бѣгалъ běgalŭ		бѣгати běgati	бѣгатъ běgatŭ

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: бѣ́гати (bě́hati)
  • Belarusian: бе́гаць (bjéhacʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: бі́гати (bíhaty)
  • Ukrainian: бі́гати (bíhaty)
• Russian: бе́гать (bégatʹ)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бѣгати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 212