Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bažiti

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-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-. For the meaning compare Polish prażyć, pragnienie.

Verb

*bažiti impf

to strongly desire, be keen, crave

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bažiti, *baži, *bažitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*baženьje	*bažiti	*bažitъ	*bažilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*baženъ	*bažimъ
Active	*bažь	*bažę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bažixъ	*baži	*baži	*bažǫ	*bažiši	*bažitь
Dual	*bažixově	*bažista	*bažiste	*baživě	*bažita	*bažite
Plural	*bažixomъ	*bažiste	*bažišę	*bažimъ	*bažite	*bažętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bažaaxъ	*bažaaše	*bažaaše	—	*baži	*baži
Dual	*bažaaxově	*bažaašeta	*bažaašete	*baživě	*bažita	—
Plural	*bažaaxomъ	*bažaašete	*bažaaxǫ	*bažimъ	*bažite	—

(*)*baživъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*bagnǫti, *baťi, *bagati
*bagotiti
*bažati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: бажа́ть (bažátʹ), ба́жи́ть (bážítʹ)
- Middle Ukrainian: бажити (bažyty)
  - Ukrainian: бажи́ти (bažýty)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bažiti
  - Czech: bažit
- Greater Polish: bażyć
- Slovak: bažiť

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bažiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 173
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бажать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress