Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běliti

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 *bělъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*běliti

1. to whiten

Conjugation

Conjugation of *běliti, *běli, *bělitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*běľenьje	*běliti	*bělitъ	*bělilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*běľenъ	*bělimъ
Active	*běľь	*bělę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bělixъ	*běli	*běli	*běľǫ	*běliši	*bělitь
Dual	*bělixově	*bělista	*běliste	*bělivě	*bělita	*bělite
Plural	*bělixomъ	*běliste	*bělišę	*bělimъ	*bělite	*bělętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*běľaaxъ	*běľaaše	*běľaaše	—	*běli	*běli
Dual	*běľaaxově	*běľaašeta	*běľaašete	*bělivě	*bělita	—
Plural	*běľaaxomъ	*běľaašete	*běľaaxǫ	*bělimъ	*bělite	—

Notes:
• (*)*bělivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бѣлити (běliti)
    • Belarusian: бялі́ць (bjalícʹ)
    • Russian: бели́ть (belítʹ)
    • Old Ukrainian: бѣлити (běliti)
      • Ukrainian: біли́ти (bilýty)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: бѣлити (běliti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⱑⰾⰹⱅⰹ (běliti)

    • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): бѣлити (běliti)
  • Bulgarian: бе́ля (bélja)
  • Macedonian: бели (beli)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бе́лити

    Latin script: béliti

  • Slovene: béliti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: běliti
  • Polabian: belĕt
  • Polish: bielić
  • Slovak: bieliť
  • Slovincian: bje̯lěc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: běliś
    • Upper Sorbian: bělić

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běliti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 02 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 67