Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bičevati

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

*bičь (“lash”) +‎ *-ovati

Verb

*bičevati impf

Alternative form of *bičati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bičevati, *bičeva, *bičujetь (impf., -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bičevanьje	*bičevati	*bičevatъ	*bičevalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bičevanъ	*bičujemъ
Active	*bičevavъ	*bičuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bičevaxъ	*bičeva	*bičeva	*bičujǫ	*bičuješi	*bičujetь
Dual	*bičevaxově	*bičevasta	*bičevaste	*bičujevě	*bičujeta	*bičujete
Plural	*bičevaxomъ	*bičevaste	*bičevašę	*bičujemъ	*bičujete	*bičujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bičevaaxъ	*bičevaaše	*bičevaaše	—	*bičuji	*bičuji
Dual	*bičevaaxově	*bičevaašeta	*bičevaašete	*bičujivě	*bičujita	—
Plural	*bičevaaxomъ	*bičevaašete	*bičevaaxǫ	*bičujimъ	*bičujite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: бичева́ть (bičevátʹ)
- Ukrainian: бичува́ти (byčuváty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бичу́вам (bičúvam)
- Macedonian: бичува (bičuva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: би̏чевати
  
  Latin script: bȉčevati
- Slovene: bičeváti (rare, more commonly bīčati)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bičěvati
  - Czech: bičovat
- Polish: biczować
- Slovak: bičovať