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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baviti

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-Indo-European *bʰoHu-eye-, from *bʰuH-. Morphologically *byti + *-iti.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian bùvintis (to sojourn). Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भावयति (bhāváyati, to cause to be, cherish, refresh).

Verb

*bàviti impf[1][2][3]

  1. (reflexive) to linger
  2. (transitive) to engage in, to entertain
    (by extension) → to delay
  3. to accumulate, to add

Inflection

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

Derived terms

  • *bavьnъ (slow, retard)
  • *bavežь (slowing)
  • *bava (fun, entertainment)
  • *zabava (fun, entertainment)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: ба́вити (báviti)
      • Belarusian: ба́віць (bávicʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ба́вити (bávyty)
    • Russian: -ба́вить (-bávitʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ба́вить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 168
  • 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
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1974), "baviti" in Słownik prasłowiański tom 1 A-B, Warsaw, Cracow

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bàviti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 34:v. (a) ‘be, linger’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “bavjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 260; PR 133; MP 26)
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “báviti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*ba̋viti
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