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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.
Verb
*bàjati impf[1][2]
- to tell
Inflection
Conjugation of
*bajati, *baja, *bajetь (
impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *bajanьje
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*bajati
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*bajatъ
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*bajalъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*bajanъ
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*bajemъ
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| Active
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*bajavъ
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*baję
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*bajaxъ |
*baja |
*baja
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*bajǫ |
*baješi |
*bajetь
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| Dual
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*bajaxově |
*bajasta |
*bajaste
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*bajevě |
*bajeta |
*bajete
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| Plural
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*bajaxomъ |
*bajaste |
*bajašę
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*bajemъ |
*bajete |
*bajǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*bajaaxъ |
*bajaaše |
*bajaaše
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*baji |
*baji
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| Dual
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*bajaaxově |
*bajaašeta |
*bajaašete
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*bajivě |
*bajita |
—
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| Plural
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*bajaaxomъ |
*bajaašete |
*bajaaxǫ
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*bajimъ |
*bajite |
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Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: баꙗти (bajati)
- Belarusian: ба́яць (bájacʹ)
- Russian: ба́ять (bájatʹ) (archaic)
- Ukrainian: ба́яти (bájaty) (archaic)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ба́я (bája)
- Macedonian: бае (bae)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ба̏јати
- Latin script: bȁjati
- Slovene: bájati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bajati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 138
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33: “v. (a) ‘tell’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bajǫ -ati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 205, 247; PR 133)”