Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/basъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀsas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-s-os, from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Sanskrit भासस् (bhā́sas, “brightness, light, lustre”), भासति (bhā́sati, “shines”), भास् (bhā́s, “light, brilliance”), Ancient Greek φάος (pháos, “light”).
Aleksandr Gerd suggests origin from pre-Slavic substratum of northeastern Europe.[1]
Adjective
*bàsъ
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bàsъ | *bàsa | *bàso |
| genitive | *bàsa | *bàsy | *bàsa |
| dative | *bàsu | *bàsě | *bàsu |
| accusative | *bàsъ | *bàsǫ | *bàso |
| instrumental | *bàsomь | *bàsojǫ | *bàsomь |
| locative | *bàsě | *bàsě | *bàsě |
| vocative | *bàse | *bàso | *bàso |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bàsa | *bàsě | *bàsě |
| genitive | *bàsu | *bàsu | *bàsu |
| dative | *bàsoma | *bàsama | *bàsoma |
| accusative | *bàsa | *bàsě | *bàsě |
| instrumental | *bàsoma | *bàsama | *bàsoma |
| locative | *bàsu | *bàsu | *bàsu |
| vocative | *bàsa | *bàsě | *bàsě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bàsi | *bàsy | *bàsa |
| genitive | *bàsъ | *bàsъ | *bàsъ |
| dative | *bàsomъ | *bàsamъ | *bàsomъ |
| accusative | *bàsy | *bàsy | *bàsa |
| instrumental | *bàsy | *bàsami | *bàsy |
| locative | *bàsěxъ | *bàsaxъ | *bàsěxъ |
| vocative | *bàsi | *bàsy | *bàsa |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bàsъjь | *bàsaja | *bàsoje |
| genitive | *bàsajego | *bàsyję̇ | *bàsajego |
| dative | *bàsujemu | *bàsěji | *bàsujemu |
| accusative | *bàsъjь | *bàsǫjǫ | *bàsoje |
| instrumental | *bàsyjimь | *bàsǫjǫ | *bàsyjimь |
| locative | *bàsějemь | *bàsěji | *bàsějemь |
| vocative | *bàsъjь | *bàsaja | *bàsoje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bàsaja | *bàsěji | *bàsěji |
| genitive | *bàsuju | *bàsuju | *bàsuju |
| dative | *bàsyjima | *bàsyjima | *bàsyjima |
| accusative | *bàsaja | *bàsěji | *bàsěji |
| instrumental | *bàsyjima | *bàsyjima | *bàsyjima |
| locative | *bàsuju | *bàsuju | *bàsuju |
| vocative | *bàsaja | *bàsěji | *bàsěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bàsiji | *bàsyję̇ | *bàsaja |
| genitive | *bàsъjixъ | *bàsъjixъ | *bàsъjixъ |
| dative | *bàsyjimъ | *bàsyjimъ | *bàsyjimъ |
| accusative | *bàsyję̇ | *bàsyję̇ | *bàsaja |
| instrumental | *bàsyjimi | *bàsyjimi | *bàsyjimi |
| locative | *bàsyjixъ | *bàsyjixъ | *bàsyjixъ |
| vocative | *bàsiji | *bàsyję̇ | *bàsaja |
Derived terms
Possibly:
- *basiti (“to dress smartly, show beauty”) < *bas- + *-iti
- *basovati (“to stand out, to act out, to frolic”) < *bas- + *-ovati
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: бас (bas), бась (basʹ), баса́ (basá, “beauty, decoration”)[5] (Northern dialects)
- → Komi-Zyrian: бас (bas), баса (basa, “decoration”)[6]
- ⇒ Komi-Zyrian: баситны (baśitny, “to decorate”), ба́ситӧм (báśitöm, “decorated”); ба́сӧк (básök, “beautiful; pretty”) (dialectal)
- →⇒ Komi-Permyak: баситны (baśitny, “to decorate”), ба́ситӧм (báśitöm, “decorated”), ба́сӧк (básök, “beautiful; pretty”), ба́сӧка (básöka, “beautifully”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Anikin, A. E. (2008) “бас V”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 241
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*basъkъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 162
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*nabasъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 202
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebasъ, *nebasъkъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 98
References
- ^ Gerd, A. S., editor (1995), Севернорусские говоры [Northern Russian dialects] (in Russian), number 6, Saint Petersburg: St. Petersburg University Publishing House, pages 89–90
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “баси́ть IV”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 247
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “басува́ти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 149
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “басовáть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 253
- ^ Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “баса”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- ^ Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “бас”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language][1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 37