Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/byjati

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

A byform of *byti +‎ *-ati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, to become”).

Verb

*byjati impf

1. Alternative form of *byvati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *byjati, *byja, *byjetь (impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*byjanьje	*byjati	*byjatъ	*byjalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*byjanъ	*byjemъ
Active	*byjavъ	*byję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*byjaxъ	*byja	*byja	*byjǫ	*byješi	*byjetь
Dual	*byjaxově	*byjasta	*byjaste	*byjevě	*byjeta	*byjete
Plural	*byjaxomъ	*byjaste	*byjašę	*byjemъ	*byjete	*byjǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*byjaaxъ	*byjaaše	*byjaaše	—	*byji	*byji
Dual	*byjaaxově	*byjaašeta	*byjaašete	*byjivě	*byjita	—
Plural	*byjaaxomъ	*byjaašete	*byjaaxǫ	*byjimъ	*byjite	—

Conjugation of *byjati, *byja, *byjajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*byjanьje	*byjati	*byjatъ	*byjalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*byjanъ	*byjajemъ
Active	*byjavъ	*byjaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*byjaxъ	*byja	*byja	*byjajǫ	*byjaješi	*byjajetь
Dual	*byjaxově	*byjasta	*byjaste	*byjajevě	*byjajeta	*byjajete
Plural	*byjaxomъ	*byjaste	*byjašę	*byjajemъ	*byjajete	*byjajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*byjaaxъ	*byjaaše	*byjaaše	—	*byjaji	*byjaji
Dual	*byjaaxově	*byjaašeta	*byjaašete	*byjajivě	*byjajita	—
Plural	*byjaaxomъ	*byjaašete	*byjaaxǫ	*byjajimъ	*byjajite	—

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: (rare)

    Cyrillic script: би́јати

    Latin script: bíјati

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*byvati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 157