Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/batъ

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

Deverbal from *batati or *batiti (“to hit”).

Noun

*batъ m

1. a tool used for hitting, striking (eg. whip, stick, mace, hammer)

Declension

Declension of *batъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*batъ	*bata	*bati
genitive	*bata	*batu	*batъ
dative	*batu	*batoma	*batomъ
accusative	*batъ	*bata	*baty
instrumental	*batъmь, *batomь*	*batoma	*baty
locative	*batě	*batu	*batěxъ
vocative	*bate	*bata	*bati

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: (dialectal) бат (bat)
  • Ukrainian: (dialectal) бат (bat)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: (dialectal) бат (bat)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̏т

    Latin script: bȁt

  • Slovene: bȃt
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: (dialectal) bat
  • Polish: bat

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бат”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “bat”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 22
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бат”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “bat”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si