Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bytьje

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 *byti +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*bytьje n[1]

  1. existence, beinghood

Declension

Declension of *bytьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bytьje *bytьji *bytьja
genitive *bytьja *bytьju *bytьjь
dative *bytьju *bytьjema *bytьjemъ
accusative *bytьje *bytьji *bytьja
instrumental *bytьjьmь, *bytьjemь* *bytьjema *bytьji
locative *bytьji *bytьju *bytьjixъ
vocative *bytьje *bytьji *bytьja

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бꙑтье (bytĭje)
      • Old Ruthenian: бытьє́ (bytʹjé), бꙋтьє́ (butʹjé)
        • Belarusian: быццё (byccjó)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: бытя́ (bŷtjá)
        • Ukrainian: буття́ (buttjá)
      • Russian: бытьё (bytʹjó)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: бꙑтиѥ (bytije)
      Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⰺⱅⰻⰵ (bytie)
      • Church Slavonic: бытие (bytije) (Russian recension)
      • Old East Slavic: бꙑтиѥ (bytije)
        • Old Ruthenian: бытїє́ (bytijé)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: бытіє́ (bŷtijé)
          • Ukrainian: битіє́ (bytijé)
        • Russian: бытие́ (bytijé), бытиё (bytijó)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: би́ће
      Latin script: bíće
    • Slovene: bītje
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bytьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 156