Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьzgati

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

Per Trubačev (ESSJa), likely a 0-grade variant of *brězgati. Melnychuk (in context to the Ukranian descendants) considers denominal origin from Proto-Slavic *brězgъ, *brьzgъ.

Compare also dial. Bulgarian бръ́згам (brǎ́zgam, “to spew, to leak (for mucus, pus)”) (primarily “to strew, to sprinkle” apparently from *brъzgati).

Verb

*brьzgati impf (perfective *brьzgnǫti)

1. to brisk, to poign, to disdain (for taste)
2. to stale (for food)

Alternative forms

• *brězgati (enlongated grade)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *brьzgati, *brьzga, *brьzgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*brьzganьje	*brьzgati	*brьzgatъ	*brьzgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*brьzganъ	*brьzgajemъ
Active	*brьzgavъ	*brьzgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*brьzgaxъ	*brьzga	*brьzga	*brьzgajǫ	*brьzgaješi	*brьzgajetь
Dual	*brьzgaxově	*brьzgasta	*brьzgaste	*brьzgajevě	*brьzgajeta	*brьzgajete
Plural	*brьzgaxomъ	*brьzgaste	*brьzgašę	*brьzgajemъ	*brьzgajete	*brьzgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*brьzgaaxъ	*brьzgaaše	*brьzgaaše	—	*brьzgaji	*brьzgaji
Dual	*brьzgaaxově	*brьzgaašeta	*brьzgaašete	*brьzgajivě	*brьzgajita	—
Plural	*brьzgaaxomъ	*brьzgaašete	*brьzgaaxǫ	*brьzgajimъ	*brьzgajite	—

Related terms

• *braga (“pre-distilled alcohol mixture, must”) (possibly)
• *brězgъ (“tar taste”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: бре́згати (brézhaty, “to stale”), збре́зкнути (zbrézknuty, “to disdain”)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: бръждя́ (brǎždjá, “to taste tarry”) (< *brьždžati)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brьzgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 73
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “брезгань”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 251
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бръжди (ми)²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 83