Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bě

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 1

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Verb

*bě

second-person singular aorist of *byti

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ⰱⱑ (bě)^[1]
- Bulgarian: бе (be)
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bě^[2]

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHeh₁t? (bhu̯ēt), from *bʰuH-, *-éh₁ti. Morphologically, *bvě,^[3] aorist of zero-grade *bъ- (*bv-) + stative *-ěti.

Cognate with Old Prussian be, bēi, Ancient Greek φύω (phúō).

Verb

*bě

third-person singular aorist of *byti
Synonym: *běaše

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бѣ (bě)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: бѣ (bě)
- Bulgarian: бе (be)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бје
  
  Latin script: bje^[4]
- Old Slovene: be^[5]
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bě (bie/bye)^[6]
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bě^[7]
  - Lower Sorbian: bě

References

^ “ⱅⱏⰹ ⰱⱑ (line -13, leaf 39)”, in Codex Marianus [Ф.87 №6]‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1016±16, page Mt:26:69
^ Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “Bě”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 10
^ M. Blažek (1877) Mluvnice jazyka českého. Pro školy střední a ústavy učitelské, Brno: Tiskem Josefa Groáka, Nákladem spisovatelovým, page 207
^ Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “c.”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[3] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 361
^ “be”, in Freising manuscripts‎^[4], 1005±33, page 3 (2.1/158v), line 2
^ Jan Gebauer (1886) “Tvaroslovné výklady a doklady ke slovesům třídy IV, VI a bezpříznakým. Kmeny praesentní bez příznaku.”, in Listy filologické a paedagogické, volume 13, Prague: Jednota českých filologů, Edvard Grégr, page 307
^ Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “Bě”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[5] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 10

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бе”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бе I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 17
Dybo, Vladimir A. (2000) Морфонологизованные парадигматические акцентные системы: Типология и генезис [Morphophonologized paradigmatic accent systems: Typology and genesis]‎^[6] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 500

[1] “ⱅⱏⰹ ⰱⱑ (line -13, leaf 39)”, in Codex Marianus [Ф.87 №6]‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1016±16, page Mt:26:69

[2] Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “Bě”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 10

[3] M. Blažek (1877) Mluvnice jazyka českého. Pro školy střední a ústavy učitelské, Brno: Tiskem Josefa Groáka, Nákladem spisovatelovým, page 207

[4] Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “c.”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[3] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 361

[5] “be”, in Freising manuscripts‎^[4], 1005±33, page 3 (2.1/158v), line 2

[6] Jan Gebauer (1886) “Tvaroslovné výklady a doklady ke slovesům třídy IV, VI a bezpříznakým. Kmeny praesentní bez příznaku.”, in Listy filologické a paedagogické, volume 13, Prague: Jednota českých filologů, Edvard Grégr, page 307

[7] Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “Bě”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[5] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 10

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology 1

Verb

Descendants

Etymology 2

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Descendants

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