Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bel(e)niti

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

*bel(e)niti

1. to rage

Inflection

Conjugation of *bel(e)niti, *bel(e)ni, *bel(e)nitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bel(e)ňenьje	*bel(e)niti	*bel(e)nitъ	*bel(e)nilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bel(e)ňenъ	*bel(e)nimъ
Active	*bel(e)ňь	*bel(e)nę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bel(e)nixъ	*bel(e)ni	*bel(e)ni	*bel(e)ňǫ	*bel(e)niši	*bel(e)nitь
Dual	*bel(e)nixově	*bel(e)nista	*bel(e)niste	*bel(e)nivě	*bel(e)nita	*bel(e)nite
Plural	*bel(e)nixomъ	*bel(e)niste	*bel(e)nišę	*bel(e)nimъ	*bel(e)nite	*bel(e)nętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bel(e)ňaaxъ	*bel(e)ňaaše	*bel(e)ňaaše	—	*bel(e)ni	*bel(e)ni
Dual	*bel(e)ňaaxově	*bel(e)ňaašeta	*bel(e)ňaašete	*bel(e)nivě	*bel(e)nita	—
Plural	*bel(e)ňaaxomъ	*bel(e)ňaašete	*bel(e)ňaaxǫ	*bel(e)nimъ	*bel(e)nite	—

Notes:
• (*)*bel(e)nivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *bel(e)nъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: узбелени́ться (uzbelenítʹsja, “to become infuriated”) (dialectal), болони́ть (bolonítʹ, “to pester bore”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: блену́вам (blenúvam, “to be poisoned by henbane, day-dream”)
  • Macedonian: бленува (blenuva, “to dream”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бла́нити (“to go crazy, rage”)

    Latin script: blániti

  • Slovene: blencáti (“to talk in ones sleep, rave, chatter”), belendáti (“rave, phantasize”) (from Hungarian)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: blenovati (“to chatter”)