Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běaše

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

Etymology

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Verb

*běaše

1. second-person singular imperfective imperfect of *byti

   Synonym: *bě

2. third-person singular imperfective imperfect of *byti

   Synonym: *bě

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Novgorodian: бѣше (běše)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: бѣаше (běaše), бѣѣше (bějěše), бѣше (běše)
  • Bulgarian: бе́ше (béše)
  • Macedonian: беше (beše)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бијаше

    Latin script: bȉjāše, bjȅše, bȅjāše

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bieše
  • Old Polish: biesze
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: běšo
    • Upper Sorbian: běše