Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъzikati
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin. Equivalent to *bъzikъ + *-ati.
Verb
*bъzikati impf
Conjugation
Conjugation of *bъzikati, *bъzika, *bъzikajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *bъzikanьje | *bъzikati | *bъzikatъ | *bъzikalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *bъzikanъ | *bъzikajemъ |
| Active | *bъzikavъ | *bъzikaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bъzikaxъ | *bъzika | *bъzika | *bъzikajǫ | *bъzikaješi | *bъzikajetь |
| Dual | *bъzikaxově | *bъzikasta | *bъzikaste | *bъzikajevě | *bъzikajeta | *bъzikajete |
| Plural | *bъzikaxomъ | *bъzikaste | *bъzikašę | *bъzikajemъ | *bъzikajete | *bъzikajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bъzikaaxъ | *bъzikaaše | *bъzikaaše | — | *bъzikaji | *bъzikaji |
| Dual | *bъzikaaxově | *bъzikaašeta | *bъzikaašete | *bъzikajivě | *bъzikajita | — |
| Plural | *bъzikaaxomъ | *bъzikaašete | *bъzikaaxǫ | *bъzikajimъ | *bъzikajite | — |
Related terms
- *bъzati, *bъzgati
- *bъziti
- *bъznǫti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: бзы́кать (bzýkatʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: bzíkati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bzikat
- Polish: bzykać (“to buzz”)
- Slovak: bzíkať (“to fly (for insects)”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъzikati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 143
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “bzikati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz onomatopeje *bъz”