From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bestei , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-é-ti . Cognate with Latvian best , Lithuanian bèsti , Old Prussian embaddusisi . Further related to Latin fodiō ( “ to pierce, to dig ” ) , Hittite 𒁁𒁕𒀀𒄿 ( “ to dig ” ) .
*bostì [ 1] [ 2]
to stab , sting
Conjugation of
*bosti, *bode, *bodetь (?,
-C- , _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*bodenьje
*bosti
*bostъ
*bodlъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*bodenъ
*bodomъ
Active
*bodъ
*body
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*bod(ox)ъ
*bode
*bode
*bodǫ
*bodeši
*bodetь
Dual
*bod(ox)ově
*bod(e/os)ta
*bod(e/os)te
*bodevě
*bodeta
*bodete
Plural
*bod(ox)omъ
*bod(e/os)te
*bodǫ, *bodošę
*bodemъ
*bodete
*bodǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*boděaxъ
*boděaše
*boděaše
—
*bodi
*bodi
Dual
*boděaxově
*boděašeta
*boděašete
*boděvě
*boděta
—
Plural
*boděaxomъ
*boděašete
*boděaxǫ
*boděmъ
*boděte
—
Conjugation of
*bosti, *bode, *bodetь (?,
-C- , s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*bodenьje
*bosti
*bostъ
*bodlъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*bodenъ
*bodomъ
Active
*bodъ
*body
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*basъ
*bode
*bode
*bodǫ
*bodeši
*bodetь
Dual
*basově
*basta
*baste
*bodevě
*bodeta
*bodete
Plural
*basomъ
*baste
*basę
*bodemъ
*bodete
*bodǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*boděaxъ
*boděaše
*boděaše
—
*bodi
*bodi
Dual
*boděaxově
*boděašeta
*boděašete
*boděvě
*boděta
—
Plural
*boděaxomъ
*boděašete
*boděaxǫ
*boděmъ
*boděte
—
East Slavic:
Russian: бость ( bostʹ ) ( Smolensk ) , бости́ ( bostí ) ( Kaliningrad Oblast )
Ukrainian: бости́ ( bostý )
South Slavic:
West Slavic:
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973 ) “бода́ть ”, in Oleg Trubachyov , transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language ] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1975 ), “*bosti (sę) ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages ] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ ), Moscow: Nauka, page 222
Georgiev, Vladimir I. , editor (1971 ), “бода, бодвам, бодна ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary ] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З ), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN , page 61
^ Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*bostì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 88 : “v. (c) ‘stab, sting’ ”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001 ) “bosti: bodǫ bodetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List [1] , Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c støde (PR 139) ”