Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bľukati

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

Probably from *bľuti (“to vomit”) +‎ *-kati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH- (“to overflow, to gush”). The Serbo-Croation and Ukrainian forms may reflect an ancient telic s-extension or may be of expressive origin. Akin to Ancient Greek φλύω (phlúō, “to boil over”), Latin fluō (“flow”).

Trubachev proposes instead origin from an earlier **bjukati, which is incompatible with the iterative form *blyjati > dial. Bulgarian блия (blija), Serbo-Croatian бли́јати.

Verb

*bľukati impf (perfective *blyknǫti)

1. to gush, to spout

   Synonyms: *jьzvьrěti, *xlynǫti

2. (derogatory) to defecate (for animals)

Alternative forms

• *blykati
• *bľuxati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bľukati, *bľuka, *bľukajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bľukanьje	*bľukati	*bľukatъ	*bľukalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bľukanъ	*bľukajemъ
Active	*bľukavъ	*bľukaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bľukaxъ	*bľuka	*bľuka	*bľukajǫ	*bľukaješi	*bľukajetь
Dual	*bľukaxově	*bľukasta	*bľukaste	*bľukajevě	*bľukajeta	*bľukajete
Plural	*bľukaxomъ	*bľukaste	*bľukašę	*bľukajemъ	*bľukajete	*bľukajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bľukaaxъ	*bľukaaše	*bľukaaše	—	*bľukaji	*bľukaji
Dual	*bľukaaxově	*bľukaašeta	*bľukaašete	*bľukajivě	*bľukajita	—
Plural	*bľukaaxomъ	*bľukaašete	*bľukaaxǫ	*bľukajimъ	*bľukajite	—

Related terms

• *blyjati, *blyvati (“to spring”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: блю́хнути (bljúxnuty, “to spout”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бли́кам (blíkam), бли́квам (blíkvam), dial. блю́кам (bljúkam)
  • Macedonian: блика (blika), бликнува (bliknuva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бли́хати (“to defecate”)

    Latin script: blíhati (“to defecate”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bľuxati/*bľukati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 135
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бликам, бликвам, бликна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 57