бѣгати

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bě̋gati (to flee, run).

Verb

бѣгати • (běgatiimpf

  1. to run, to flee
  2. to avoid, to escape

Usage notes

Conjugation

Present tense of бѣгати
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
бѣгаѭ (běgajǫ) бѣгаѥши (běgaješi) бѣгаѥтъ (běgajetŭ) бѣгаѥвѣ (běgajevě) бѣгаѥта (běgajeta) бѣгаѥте (běgajete) бѣгаѥмъ (běgajemŭ) бѣгаѥте (běgajete) бѣгаѭтъ (běgajǫtŭ)

Derived terms

  • избѣгнѫти (izběgnǫti)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běgati. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бѣгати (běgati) and Old Polish biegać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːɡɑti//ˈbʲeːɡatʲi//ˈbʲeːɡatʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbeːɡɑti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɡatʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːɡatʲi/

  • Hyphenation: бѣ‧га‧ти

Verb

бѣгати (běgatiimpf (perfective бѣжати)

  1. (intransitive) to run
  2. (intransitive) to flee

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: бѣ́гати (bě́hati)
  • Russian: бе́гать (bégatʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бѣгати”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 212