Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běxъ

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

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Verb

*bě̀xъ

1. first-person singular imperfective aorist of *byti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бѣхъ (běxŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: бѣхъ (běxŭ)
  • Bulgarian: бях (bjah)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бе̏х, бје̏х, би̏ја̄х, бе̏ја̄х

    Latin script: bȅh, bjȅh, bȉjāh, bȅjāh

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: biech
  • Old Polish: biech
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: běch
    • Lower Sorbian: běch

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бях”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бе I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 17