Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bajačь

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 *bajati +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*bajačь m

  1. witch doctor, shaman

Declension

Declension of *bajačь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bajačь *bajača *bajači
genitive *bajača *bajaču *bajačь
dative *bajaču *bajačema *bajačemъ
accusative *bajačь *bajača *bajačę̇
instrumental *bajačьmь, *bajačemь* *bajačema *bajači
locative *bajači *bajaču *bajačixъ
vocative *bajaču *bajača *bajači

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бая́ч (bajáč)
    • Macedonian: бајач (bajač)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ба̀ја̑ч
      Latin script: bàjȃč
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: báječ

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bajačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 137
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