Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blьščati

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 earlier *blьskěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bliskēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰliǵ-sk-eh₁-ti, from *bʰel- (“to shine”). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian blizgėti.

Verb

*blьščati impf

1. to shine

Inflection

Conjugation of *blьščati, *blьšča, *blьščitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*blьščanьje	*blьščati	*blьščatъ	*blьščalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*blьščavъ	*blьščę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blьščaxъ	*blьšča	*blьšča	*blьščǫ	*blьščiši	*blьščitь
Dual	*blьščaxově	*blьščasta	*blьščaste	*blьščivě	*blьščita	*blьščite
Plural	*blьščaxomъ	*blьščaste	*blьščašę	*blьščimъ	*blьščite	*blьščętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blьščaaxъ	*blьščaaše	*blьščaaše	—	*blьšči	*blьšči
Dual	*blьščaaxově	*blьščaašeta	*blьščaašete	*blьščivě	*blьščita	—
Plural	*blьščaaxomъ	*blьščaašete	*blьščaaxǫ	*blьščimъ	*blьščite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic: блисцати (bliscati)
  • Russian: блесте́ть (blestétʹ) (reanalyzed)
  • Ukrainian: блища́ти (blyščáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: бльштати (blĭštati)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: блестя (blestja) (reanalyzed)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: блијештати

    Latin script: blijéštati

  • Slovene: bléščati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: blyštěti
  • Old Polish: błyszczeć, błyszczeć się
    • Polish: błyszczeć
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: błysćaś
    • Upper Sorbian: błysćeć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Proto-Slavic/blьščati”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress