Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běgъ

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 *bʰegʷ-.

Noun

*bě̑gъ m

1. flight, escape
2. run

Inflection

Declension of *bě̑gъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bě̑gъ	*bě̑ga	*bě̑dzi
genitive	*bě̑ga	*běgù	*bě̃gъ
dative	*bě̑gu	*běgomà	*běgòmъ
accusative	*bě̑gъ	*bě̑ga	*bě̑gy
instrumental	*bě̑gъmь, *bě̑gomь*	*běgomà	*běgý
locative	*bě̑dzě	*běgù	*bědzě̃xъ
vocative	*běže	*bě̑ga	*bě̑dzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: бег (bjeh)
  • Russian: бег (beg)
  • Ukrainian: біг (bih)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бяг (bjag)
  • Macedonian: бег (beg)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бије̑г, бе̑г

    Latin script: bijȇg, bȇg

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: běh
    • Czech: běh
  • Old Polish: bieg
    • Polish: bieg
  • Kashubian: biég