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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blějati

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 *blḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-ti, from *bʰleh₁- (to bleat, cry).

Verb

*blějati impf[1][2]

  1. to bleat

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: блѣꙗти (blějati) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: блѣꙗти (blějati)
      • Belarusian: бляя́ць (bljajácʹ)
      • Russian: бле́ять (bléjatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: бле́яти (bléjaty), блія́ти (blijáty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bleti (archaic)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blějati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “v. ‘bleat’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), blějǫ -jati”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 205, 234, 236)”
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