Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bajati

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.

Verb

*bàjati impf^[1]^[2]

to tell

Inflection

Conjugation of *bajati, *baja, *bajetь (impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bajanьje	*bajati	*bajatъ	*bajalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bajanъ	*bajemъ
Active	*bajavъ	*baję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bajaxъ	*baja	*baja	*bajǫ	*baješi	*bajetь
Dual	*bajaxově	*bajasta	*bajaste	*bajevě	*bajeta	*bajete
Plural	*bajaxomъ	*bajaste	*bajašę	*bajemъ	*bajete	*bajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bajaaxъ	*bajaaše	*bajaaše	—	*baji	*baji
Dual	*bajaaxově	*bajaašeta	*bajaašete	*bajivě	*bajita	—
Plural	*bajaaxomъ	*bajaašete	*bajaaxǫ	*bajimъ	*bajite	—

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: баꙗти (bajati)
  - Russian: ба́ять (bájatʹ) (archaic)
  - Ukrainian: ба́яти (bájaty) (archaic)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ба́я (bája)
- Macedonian: бае (bae)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ба̏јати
  
  Latin script: bȁjati
- Slovene: bájati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: bájit
- Old Polish: bajać
  - Polish: bajać (literary)
- Kashubian: bajac
- Slovincian: bajac
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bać
  - Lower Sorbian: bajaś

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 33: “v. (a) ‘tell’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bajǫ -ati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 205, 247; PR 133)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 33: “v. (a) ‘tell’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “bajǫ -ati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 205, 247; PR 133)”

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