Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bičevati

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

*bičь (“lash”) +‎ *-ovati

Verb

*bičevati impf

1. Alternative form of *bičati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bičevati, *bičeva, *bičujetь (impf., -ova/u-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bičevanьje	*bičevati	*bičevatъ	*bičevalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bičevanъ	*bičujemъ
Active	*bičevavъ	*bičuję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bičevaxъ	*bičeva	*bičeva	*bičujǫ	*bičuješi	*bičujetь
Dual	*bičevaxově	*bičevasta	*bičevaste	*bičujevě	*bičujeta	*bičujete
Plural	*bičevaxomъ	*bičevaste	*bičevašę	*bičujemъ	*bičujete	*bičujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bičevaaxъ	*bičevaaše	*bičevaaše	—	*bičuji	*bičuji
Dual	*bičevaaxově	*bičevaašeta	*bičevaašete	*bičujivě	*bičujita	—
Plural	*bičevaaxomъ	*bičevaašete	*bičevaaxǫ	*bičujimъ	*bičujite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: бичева́ть (bičevátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: бичува́ти (byčuváty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бичу́вам (bičúvam)
  • Macedonian: бичува (bičuva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: би̏чевати

    Latin script: bȉčevati

  • Slovene: bičeváti (rare, more commonly bīčati)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bičěvati
    • Czech: bičovat
  • Polish: biczować
  • Slovak: bičovať

Further reading

• “Proto-Slavic/bičevati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024