Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baviti

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 *bʰoHu-eye-, from *bʰuH- (“to be”). Morphologically *byti (“to be”) +‎ *-iti (“iterative suffix”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian bùvintis (“to sojourn”). Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भावयति (bhāváyati, “to cause to be, cherish, refresh”).

Verb

*bàviti impf

1. (reflexive) to linger
2. (transitive) to engage in, to entertain

   (by extension) → to delay

3. to accumulate, to add

Inflection

Conjugation of *baviti, *bavi, *bavitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bavľenьje	*baviti	*bavitъ	*bavilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bavľenъ	*bavimъ
Active	*bavľь	*bavę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bavixъ	*bavi	*bavi	*bavľǫ	*baviši	*bavitь
Dual	*bavixově	*bavista	*baviste	*bavivě	*bavita	*bavite
Plural	*bavixomъ	*baviste	*bavišę	*bavimъ	*bavite	*bavętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bavľaaxъ	*bavľaaše	*bavľaaše	—	*bavi	*bavi
Dual	*bavľaaxově	*bavľaašeta	*bavľaašete	*bavivě	*bavita	—
Plural	*bavľaaxomъ	*bavľaašete	*bavľaaxǫ	*bavimъ	*bavite	—

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

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH- (0 c, 8 e)

Derived terms

• *bavьnъ (“slow, retard”)
• *bavežь (“slowing”)
• *bava (“fun, entertainment”)
• *zabava (“fun, entertainment”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: ба́вити (báviti)
    • Belarusian: ба́віць (bávicʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ба́вити (bávyty)
  • Russian: -ба́вить (-bávitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ба́вя (bávja)
  • Macedonian: бави (bavi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̏вити

    Latin script: bȁviti

  • Slovene: báviti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bavit
  • Old Polish: bawić
    • Polish: bawić
  • Old Slovak: baviť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: бавиц (bavic)
    • Slovak: baviť
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: bawic
    • Slovincian: bawjic

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ба́вить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 168
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бавя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 23
• Sławski, Franciszek (1974), "baviti" in Słownik prasłowiański tom 1 A-B, Warsaw, Cracow