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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *blḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-ti, from *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”).
Verb
*blějati impf[1][2]
- to bleat
Inflection
Conjugation of
*blějati, *blěja, *blějetь (
impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *blějanьje
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*blějati
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*blějatъ
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*blějalъ
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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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*blějanъ
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*blějemъ
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| Active
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*blějavъ
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*blěję
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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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*blějaxъ |
*blěja |
*blěja
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*blějǫ |
*blěješi |
*blějetь
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| Dual
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*blějaxově |
*blějasta |
*blějaste
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*blějevě |
*blějeta |
*blějete
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| Plural
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*blějaxomъ |
*blějaste |
*blějašę
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*blějemъ |
*blějete |
*blějǫtь
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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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*blějaaxъ |
*blějaaše |
*blějaaše
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*blěji |
*blěji
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| Dual
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*blějaaxově |
*blějaašeta |
*blějaašete
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*blějivě |
*blějita |
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| Plural
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*blějaaxomъ |
*blějaašete |
*blějaaxǫ
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*blějimъ |
*blějite |
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Descendants
- Church Slavonic: блѣꙗти (blějati) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: блѣꙗти (blějati)
- Belarusian: бляя́ць (bljajácʹ)
- Russian: бле́ять (bléjatʹ)
- Ukrainian: бле́яти (bléjaty), блія́ти (blijáty)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бле́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “бле́ять”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 94
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blejati / *blějati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 107
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blějati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “v. ‘bleat’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “blějǫ -jati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 205, 234, 236)”