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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bujiti

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

Formed as *bujь (vivid, outraged) + *-iti, reflecting Proto-Indo-European *bʰowH-éye-ti ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (to inflate, to grow). May have been influenced by the onomatopoeric Proto-Indo-European *bew- (to blow, to storm) (compare Proto-Slavic *buřa (storm), Proto-Slavic *buševati (to bluster, to storm)).

Verb

*bujiti impf (perfective *buniti)

  1. (transitive) to drive mad
  2. (intransitive) to go on a rampage
  3. (intransitive) to grow, to spread rapidly

Conjugation

  • *bujati (to go on a rampage)
  • *bujevati (to grow vividly)
  • *bujьnъ (energetic, impetuous)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: обѹити (obuiti)
    • Bulgarian: бу́я (búja), dial. бу́им (búim)
    • Macedonian: буи (bui)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бу́јити
      Latin: bújiti
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bujit (dialectal)

Further reading

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