Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baxati

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

Most likely from an extension of proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, to tell fables”).

Verb

*baxati impf

to brag
to gossip, to tattle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *baxati, *baxa, *baxajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*baxanьje	*baxati	*baxatъ	*baxalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*baxanъ	*baxajemъ
Active	*baxavъ	*baxaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*baxaxъ	*baxa	*baxa	*baxajǫ	*baxaješi	*baxajetь
Dual	*baxaxově	*baxasta	*baxaste	*baxajevě	*baxajeta	*baxajete
Plural	*baxaxomъ	*baxaste	*baxašę	*baxajemъ	*baxajete	*baxajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*baxaaxъ	*baxaaše	*baxaaše	—	*baxaji	*baxaji
Dual	*baxaaxově	*baxaašeta	*baxaašete	*baxajivě	*baxajita	—
Plural	*baxaaxomъ	*baxaašete	*baxaaxǫ	*baxajimъ	*baxajite	—

Derived terms

*baxačь (“tattler”)
*baxatъ (“gossipy”)
*baxnǫti (“to tattle”)
*baxora (“tale, fable”)
- *baxařь (“storyteller, beadle”)
- *baxorica (“witch”)
- *baxoriti (“to concoct, to spell”)
*baxunъ (“impostor”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ба́хать (báxatʹ)
- Ukrainian: ба́хати (báxaty)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бахати
  
  Latin script: bàhati
- Slovene: báhati
West Slavic:
- Czech: bàchati (dialectal)
- Slovak: bàchať