Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bręždžati

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brenzg-. Cognate with Lithuanian breñgzti (“to jingle”).

Verb

*bręždžati^[1]

to jingle

Declension

Conjugation of *bręždžati, *bręždža, *bręždžajetь (?, -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bręždžanьje	*bręždžati	*bręždžatъ	*bręždžalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bręždžanъ	*bręždžajemъ
Active	*bręždžavъ	*bręždžaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bręždžaxъ	*bręždža	*bręždža	*bręždžajǫ	*bręždžaješi	*bręždžajetь
Dual	*bręždžaxově	*bręždžasta	*bręždžaste	*bręždžajevě	*bręždžajeta	*bręždžajete
Plural	*bręždžaxomъ	*bręždžaste	*bręždžašę	*bręždžajemъ	*bręždžajete	*bręždžajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bręždžaaxъ	*bręždžaaše	*bręždžaaše	—	*bręždžaji	*bręždžaji
Dual	*bręždžaaxově	*bręždžaašeta	*bręždžaašete	*bręždžajivě	*bręždžajita	—
Plural	*bręždžaaxomъ	*bręždžaašete	*bręždžaaxǫ	*bręždžajimъ	*bręždžajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: брѧжджати (brjaždžati)
- Russian: брязжать (brjazžatʹ, “to talk nonsense, jingle, strum”) (dialectal)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bręždžati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62: “v. ‘jingle’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bręždžati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62: “v. ‘jingle’”

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