Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bimь

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

Morphologically can be derived from -ě/i- optative-imperative. *-mь (1sg.opt.) is attested in:

Perfective verbs (-C-, -V/C-): Old Church Slavonic ⱁⱅⱏⱂⰰⰴⱑⰿⱏ (otŭpaděmŭ), Church Slavonic приимѣмъ/приимѣмь (priiměmŭ/priiměmĭ), бѫдѣмъ/бѫдѣмь (bǫděmŭ/bǫděmĭ) and possibly Old Serbo-Croatian [script needed] (budijem), [script needed] (umrim/umrjm/umrim')
Imperfective verbs (-C-, -ě/i-?): Old Serbo-Croatian [script needed] (mozimь/mozěm) (IvanMisc.) and possibly hotiem/hodiem^[1]^[2]
Therefore some OCS plural forms are reshaped after synonymous by-forms:
- ⰱⰻⱈⱁⰿⱏ (bixomŭ, 1pl) < ⰱⰻⰿⱏ (bimŭ) + бꙑхомъ (byxomŭ)
- ⰱⰻⱄⱅⰵ (biste, 2pl) < *ⰱⰻⱅⰵ (*bite) + бꙑсте (byste)
- бишѧ (bišę, 3pl) < ⰱⱘ (bǫ, 3pl) : би (bi, 1sg) + бꙑшѧ (byšę, 3pl) : бꙑ (by, 1sg)

Compare Latvian biju (“I was”), Latin fīō (“I become”), Old Irish bíu (“I am”)

Verb

*bimь

first-person singular conditional of *byti
Synonym: *byxъ

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: бимь (bimĭ), бимъ (bimŭ)
- Old Slovene: bim^[3]

References

^ Rešetar, Milan (1931) “Još o 1. sing imperative”, in Јужнословенски филолог. Повремени спис за словенску филологију и лингвистику., volume 11, Belgrade: државна штампарија Краљевине Југославије, page 1
^ Koch, Christoph (1990) “§ 48 Konj. I.1a,1a1”, in Das morphologische System des altkirchenslavischen Verbums‎^[1] (in German), Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, page 514
^ “Idabim”, in Freising manuscripts‎^[2], 1005±33, page 2 (1.2/78v), line 25