Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běžati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *bēˀgjā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷ-y-eh₂-ti (innovative denominative present), from *bʰegʷ- (“to flee, run”).

Verb

*běžàti impf^[1]^[2]

to run, escape

Inflection

Conjugation of *běžati, *běža, *běžitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*běžanьje	*běžati	*běžatъ	*běžalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*běžanъ	*běžimъ
Active	*běžavъ	*běžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běžaxъ	*běža	*běža	*běžǫ	*běžiši	*běžitь
Dual	*běžaxově	*běžasta	*běžaste	*běživě	*běžita	*běžite
Plural	*běžaxomъ	*běžaste	*běžašę	*běžimъ	*běžite	*běžętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běžaaxъ	*běžaaše	*běžaaše	—	*běži	*běži
Dual	*běžaaxově	*běžaašeta	*běžaašete	*běživě	*běžita	—
Plural	*běžaaxomъ	*běžaašete	*běžaaxǫ	*běžimъ	*běžite	—

Derived terms

*běžьkati (“to walk, run (of children)”)

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: бежа́ть (bežátʹ)
- Old Novgorodian: бѣжати (běžati)
- Carpathian Rusyn: бігти (bihty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Cyrillic: бѣжати (běžati)
  - Glagolitic: ⰱⱑⰶⰰⱅⰹ (běžati)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бјѐжати, бѐжати
  
  Latin script: bjèžati, bèžati
  
  Chakavian: bižȁti, bežāt
- Slovene: bẹ́žati, bežáti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: běžet
- Kashubian: bieżec
- Polabian: bezăt
- Polish: bieżeć (archaic)
- Slovak: bežať
- Slovincian: bjêżec

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: băjenie
- >? Proto-Finnic: *pästäk

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*běžàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40: “v. (c) ‘run, escape’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “běžjǫ -ěti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c run (PR 139)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*běžàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40: “v. (c) ‘run, escape’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “běžjǫ -ěti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c run (PR 139)”

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