Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běglъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Originally a past l-participle of *běgti (“to flee, to run”) + *-lъ.
Adjective
*běglъ
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *běglъ | *běgla | *běglo |
| genitive | *běgla | *běgly | *běgla |
| dative | *běglu | *běglě | *běglu |
| accusative | *běglъ | *běglǫ | *běglo |
| instrumental | *běglomь | *běglojǫ | *běglomь |
| locative | *běglě | *běglě | *běglě |
| vocative | *běgle | *běglo | *běglo |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *běgla | *běglě | *běglě |
| genitive | *běglu | *běglu | *běglu |
| dative | *běgloma | *běglama | *běgloma |
| accusative | *běgla | *běglě | *běglě |
| instrumental | *běgloma | *běglama | *běgloma |
| locative | *běglu | *běglu | *běglu |
| vocative | *běgla | *běglě | *běglě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *běgli | *běgly | *běgla |
| genitive | *běglъ | *běglъ | *běglъ |
| dative | *běglomъ | *běglamъ | *běglomъ |
| accusative | *běgly | *běgly | *běgla |
| instrumental | *běgly | *běglami | *běgly |
| locative | *běglěxъ | *běglaxъ | *běglěxъ |
| vocative | *běgli | *běgly | *běgla |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *běglъjь | *běglaja | *běgloje |
| genitive | *běglajego | *běglyję̇ | *běglajego |
| dative | *běglujemu | *běglěji | *běglujemu |
| accusative | *běglъjь | *běglǫjǫ | *běgloje |
| instrumental | *běglyjimь | *běglǫjǫ | *běglyjimь |
| locative | *běglějemь | *běglěji | *běglějemь |
| vocative | *běglъjь | *běglaja | *běgloje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *běglaja | *běglěji | *běglěji |
| genitive | *běgluju | *běgluju | *běgluju |
| dative | *běglyjima | *běglyjima | *běglyjima |
| accusative | *běglaja | *běglěji | *běglěji |
| instrumental | *běglyjima | *běglyjima | *běglyjima |
| locative | *běgluju | *běgluju | *běgluju |
| vocative | *běglaja | *běglěji | *běglěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *běgliji | *běglyję̇ | *běglaja |
| genitive | *běglъjixъ | *běglъjixъ | *běglъjixъ |
| dative | *běglyjimъ | *běglyjimъ | *běglyjimъ |
| accusative | *běglyję̇ | *běglyję̇ | *běglaja |
| instrumental | *běglyjimi | *běglyjimi | *běglyjimi |
| locative | *běglyjixъ | *běglyjixъ | *běglyjixъ |
| vocative | *běgliji | *běglyję̇ | *běglaja |
Derived terms
- *běglьcь (“fugitive”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бѣглъ (běglŭ)}
- Belarusian: бе́глы (bjéhly)
- Russian: бе́глый (béglyj)
- Ukrainian: бі́глий (bíhlyj)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: biegły
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běgťi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 59