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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
From *bělъ + *-iti.
Verb
*běliti
- to whiten
Conjugation
Conjugation of *běliti, *běli, *bělitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *běľenьje
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*běliti
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*bělitъ
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*bělilъ
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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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*běľenъ
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*bělimъ
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| Active
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*běľь
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*bělę
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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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*bělixъ |
*běli |
*běli
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*běľǫ |
*běliši |
*bělitь
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| Dual
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*bělixově |
*bělista |
*běliste
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*bělivě |
*bělita |
*bělite
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| Plural
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*bělixomъ |
*běliste |
*bělišę
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*bělimъ |
*bělite |
*bělętь
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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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*běľaaxъ |
*běľaaše |
*běľaaše
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*běli |
*běli
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| Dual
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*běľaaxově |
*běľaašeta |
*běľaašete
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*bělivě |
*bělita |
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| Plural
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*běľaaxomъ |
*běľaašete |
*běľaaxǫ
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*bělimъ |
*bělite |
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Notes: - (*)*bělivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бѣлити (běliti)
- Belarusian: бялі́ць (bjalícʹ)
- Russian: бели́ть (belítʹ)
- Carpathian Rusyn: билїц (byljic)
- Middle Ukrainian: бѣлити (bilyty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: бѣлити (běliti)
- Glagolitic script: ⰱⱑⰾⰹⱅⰹ (běliti)
- Church Slavonic (Russian recension): бѣлити (běliti)
- Bulgarian: бе́ля (bélja)
- Macedonian: бели (beli)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: бе́лити
- Latin script: béliti
- Slovene: béliti
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bělit
- Polabian: belĕt
- Polish: bielić
- Slovak: bieliť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: běliś
- Upper Sorbian: bělić
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67