Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blazniti

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

Causative denominal verb from *blaznь (“bait”) +‎ *-iti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleǵ- (“to strike”)

Verb

*blaznìti

1. to lure, to seduce

Inflection

Conjugation of *blazniti, *blazni, *blaznitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*blazňenьje	*blazniti	*blaznitъ	*blaznilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*blazňenъ	*blaznimъ
Active	*blazňь	*blaznę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blaznixъ	*blazni	*blazni	*blazňǫ	*blazniši	*blaznitь
Dual	*blaznixově	*blaznista	*blazniste	*blaznivě	*blaznita	*blaznite
Plural	*blaznixomъ	*blazniste	*blaznišę	*blaznimъ	*blaznite	*blaznętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blazňaaxъ	*blazňaaše	*blazňaaše	—	*blazni	*blazni
Dual	*blazňaaxově	*blazňaašeta	*blazňaašete	*blaznivě	*blaznita	—
Plural	*blazňaaxomъ	*blazňaašete	*blazňaaxǫ	*blaznimъ	*blaznite	—

Notes:
• (*)*blaznivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *blaznь (“bait”)
  • *sъblaznь (“temptation”)
• *blaznъ (“seductive”)
• *blaznьnъ (“hesitating”)
• *blaznivъ (“flattering”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: блазни́ть (blaznítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: блазни́тися (blaznýtysja, “to make fun of”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: блазнити (blazniti)
  • Bulgarian: бла̀зня (blàznja)
  • Macedonian: блазни (blazni)
  • Serbo-Croatian: blazniti
  • Slovene: blaznẹ́ti (ě-stem)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bláznit
  • Polish: błaźnić
  • Slovak: blázniť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: błazniś
    • Upper Sorbian: błaznić

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “соблазн”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blazněti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 103
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блазня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 53