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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bavьnъ

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 *baviti (to linger, to engage in) + *-ьnъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to be, to appear).

Adjective

*bàvьnъ

  1. delayed
  2. slow, retarded

Declension

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ба́вен (báven)
    • Macedonian: бавен (baven)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bavný

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bavьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 170
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бавя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 23
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