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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běglъ

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

Originally a past l-participle of *běgti (to flee, to run) + *-lъ.

Adjective

*běglъ

  1. fluent
  2. cursory, hurried (done quickly and superficially)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *běglьcь (fugitive)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бѣглъ (běglŭ)}
    • Belarusian: бе́глы (bjéhly)
    • Russian: бе́глый (béglyj)
    • Ukrainian: бі́глий (bíhlyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běgťi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 59
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