Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zabyti

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 *za +‎ *bỳti (“to be”).

Verb

*zabỳti impf

1. to forget

Conjugation

Conjugation of *zabyti, *zaby(stъ), *zabǫdetь (?, -V/C-, st-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*zabytьje	*zabyti	*zabytъ	*zabylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*zabytъ	*zabǫdomъ
Active	*zabyvъ	*zabǫdy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zabyxъ	*zaby(stъ)	*zaby(stъ)	*zabǫdǫ	*zabǫdeši	*zabǫdetь
Dual	*zabyxově	*zabysta	*zabyste	*zabǫdevě	*zabǫdeta	*zabǫdete
Plural	*zabyxomъ	*zabyste	*zabyšę	*zabǫdemъ	*zabǫdete	*zabǫdǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*zabǫděaxъ	*zabǫděaše	*zabǫděaše	—	*zabǫdi	*zabǫdi
Dual	*zabǫděaxově	*zabǫděašeta	*zabǫděašete	*zabǫděvě	*zabǫděta	—
Plural	*zabǫděaxomъ	*zabǫděašete	*zabǫděaxǫ	*zabǫděmъ	*zabǫděte	—

Derived Terms

• *zabytь (“oblivion”)
• *zabytъkъ (“reminder”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: забꙑ́ти (zabýti)
    • Old Ruthenian: забы́ти (zabýti)
      • Belarusian: забы́ць (zabýcʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: забы́ти (zabŷ́ty)
      • Ukrainian: забу́ти (zabúty)
    • Middle Russian: забы́ти (zabýti)
      • Russian: забы́ть (zabýtʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: забꙑти (zabyti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̀бити

    Latin script: zàbiti

  • Slovene: záabiti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zabýti
  • Old Polish: zabyć
    • Polish: zabyć (obsolete)
  • Polabian: zobål sg
  • Slovak: zabyť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zabyś
    • Upper Sorbian: zabyć

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “забу́ти(ся)”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 215
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “забы́ць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika