Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъzikati

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

Of onomatopoeic origin. Equivalent to *bъzikъ +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*bъzikati impf

1. to hum, to hiss, to buzz

Conjugation

Conjugation of *bъzikati, *bъzika, *bъzikajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bъzikanьje	*bъzikati	*bъzikatъ	*bъzikalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*bъzikanъ	*bъzikajemъ
Active	*bъzikavъ	*bъzikaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bъzikaxъ	*bъzika	*bъzika	*bъzikajǫ	*bъzikaješi	*bъzikajetь
Dual	*bъzikaxově	*bъzikasta	*bъzikaste	*bъzikajevě	*bъzikajeta	*bъzikajete
Plural	*bъzikaxomъ	*bъzikaste	*bъzikašę	*bъzikajemъ	*bъzikajete	*bъzikajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bъzikaaxъ	*bъzikaaše	*bъzikaaše	—	*bъzikaji	*bъzikaji
Dual	*bъzikaaxově	*bъzikaašeta	*bъzikaašete	*bъzikajivě	*bъzikajita	—
Plural	*bъzikaaxomъ	*bъzikaašete	*bъzikaaxǫ	*bъzikajimъ	*bъzikajite	—

Related terms

• *bъzati, *bъzgati
• *bъziti
• *bъznǫti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: бзы́кать (bzýkatʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: bzíkati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bzikati
  • Polish: bzykać (“to buzz”)
  • Slovak: bzíkať (“to fly (for insects)”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъzikati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 143
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “bzikati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz onomatopeje *bъz”