Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bľuti

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

Root thematic present from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bljauˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH- (“to overflow, to gush”), reanalyzed later in most daughter languages.

Verb

*bľuti impf (perfective *bľunǫti)

1. Alternative form of *bľьvati

Inflection

Conjugation of *bľuti, *bľu, *bľujetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bľutьje	*bľuti	*bľutъ	*bľulъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bľutъ	*bľujemъ
Active	*bľuvъ	*bľuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bľuxъ	*bľu	*bľu	*bľujǫ	*bľuješi	*bľujetь
Dual	*bľuxově	*bľusta	*bľuste	*bľujevě	*bľujeta	*bľujete
Plural	*bľuxomъ	*bľuste	*bľušę	*bľujemъ	*bľujete	*bľujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bľujaaxъ	*bľujaaše	*bľujaaše	—	*bľuji	*bľuji
Dual	*bľujaaxově	*bľujaašeta	*bľujaašete	*bľujivě	*bľujita	—
Plural	*bľujaaxomъ	*bľujaašete	*bľujaaxǫ	*bľujimъ	*bľujite	—

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: блю́я (bljúja), блю́вам (bljúvam)
  • Macedonian: блуе (blue) (aorist lost)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: bluć
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: bluś
    • Upper Sorbian: bleć

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блюя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 58