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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
*žužati[1][2]
- to hum, to buzz, to drone (of insects)
Inflection
Conjugation of *žužati, *žuža, *žužitь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *žužanьje
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*žužati
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*žužatъ
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*žužalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*žužanъ
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*žužimъ
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| Active
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*žužavъ
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*žužę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*žužaxъ |
*žuža |
*žuža
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*žužǫ |
*žužiši |
*žužitь
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| Dual
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*žužaxově |
*žužasta |
*žužaste
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*žuživě |
*žužita |
*žužite
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| Plural
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*žužaxomъ |
*žužaste |
*žužašę
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*žužimъ |
*žužite |
*žužętь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*žužaaxъ |
*žužaaše |
*žužaaše
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*žuži |
*žuži
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| Dual
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*žužaaxově |
*žužaašeta |
*žužaašete
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*žuživě |
*žužita |
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| Plural
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*žužaaxomъ |
*žužaašete |
*žužaaxǫ
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*žužimъ |
*žužite |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: жужэ́ць (žužécʹ) (dialectal)
- Russian: жужжа́ть (žužžátʹ), жузжа́ть (žuzžátʹ); зужжа́ть (zužžátʹ), жу́ждать (žúždatʹ) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- >? Slovene: žučati
- West Slavic:
- Polish: żużać (dialectal)
References
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2023) “жужжа́ть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 75
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “жужэ́ць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka