Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baxoriti

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

*bax- (“incantation, mumbling, gosip”) +‎ *-oriti

Verb

*baxoriti

1. to concoct
2. to spell, to conjure magic

Conjugation

Conjugation of *baxoriti, *baxori, *baxoritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*baxořenьje	*baxoriti	*baxoritъ	*baxorilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*baxořenъ	*baxorimъ
Active	*baxořь	*baxorę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*baxorixъ	*baxori	*baxori	*baxořǫ	*baxoriši	*baxoritь
Dual	*baxorixově	*baxorista	*baxoriste	*baxorivě	*baxorita	*baxorite
Plural	*baxorixomъ	*baxoriste	*baxorišę	*baxorimъ	*baxorite	*baxorętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*baxořaaxъ	*baxořaaše	*baxořaaše	—	*baxori	*baxori
Dual	*baxořaaxově	*baxořaašeta	*baxořaašete	*baxorivě	*baxorita	—
Plural	*baxořaaxomъ	*baxořaašete	*baxořaaxǫ	*baxorimъ	*baxorite	—

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

Derived terms

• *baxorь, *baxora (“spell conjuring, witchery”)

Related terms

• *bajati, *bajovati (“to fable”)
  • *baxati (“to brag, to orate”)
  • *baxařь (“witch-doctor”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: бахо́рить (baxóritʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ба́хорити (báxoryty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̏хорити

    Latin script: bȁxoriti

  • Slovene: bahoríti
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bachořiti

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baxoriti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 135
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бахо́рить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “bahariti se”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si