Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bľuzgati

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

From *bľuti (“to gush, to vomit”) +‎ *-zgati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH- (“to overflow, to gush”). Possibly stretching back to Proto-Balto-Slavic *bljauzgāˀtei, with cognates Lithuanian bliauzgóti (“to rattle, to babble”), Latvian blauzgêt (“to rattle, to babble”). Further akin to Lithuanian bliaũkšti (“to babble”), Lithuanian blùzginti (“to echo”), Latvian blūžgêt (“to splash”) within Balto-Slavic and to Ancient Greek φλύζω (phlúzō, “to boil up, to gush”), possibly German plauschen (“to blab, to chatter”) within Indo-European.

According to Trubachev, of onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

*bľuzgati impf (perfective *bľuzgnǫti)

1. to jet, to gush
2. to slush, to splatter
3. (figurative) to swear, to curse, to mumble

Inflection

Conjugation of *bľuzgati, *bľuzga, *bľuzgajetь (impf., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bľuzgatьje	*bľuzgati	*bľuzgatъ	*bľuzgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bľuzgatъ	*bľuzgajemъ
Active	*bľuzgavъ	*bľuzgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bľuzgaxъ	*bľuzga	*bľuzga	*bľuzgajǫ	*bľuzgaješi	*bľuzgajetь
Dual	*bľuzgaxově	*bľuzgasta	*bľuzgaste	*bľuzgajevě	*bľuzgajeta	*bľuzgajete
Plural	*bľuzgaxomъ	*bľuzgaste	*bľuzgašę	*bľuzgajemъ	*bľuzgajete	*bľuzgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bľuzgaaxъ	*bľuzgaaše	*bľuzgaaše	—	*bľuzgaji	*bľuzgaji
Dual	*bľuzgaaxově	*bľuzgaašeta	*bľuzgaašete	*bľuzgajivě	*bľuzgajita	—
Plural	*bľuzgaaxomъ	*bľuzgaašete	*bľuzgaaxǫ	*bľuzgajimъ	*bľuzgajite	—

Related terms

• *bľьvati (“to puke, to vomit”)
• *bľukati (“to gush, to erupt”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: блю́згать (bljúzgatʹ)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: блюзну́ти (bljuznúty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бљу̏згати

    Latin script: bljȕzgati

  • Slovene: bljȗzgati
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: bluzgać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “блю́згать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bľuzgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 139