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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běsiti

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

Denominal causative from *běsъ (“rage, rabies”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*běsiti impf[1]

  1. (transitive) to enrage, to make angry
  2. (reflexive) to get mad

Inflection
Conjugation of *běsiti, *běsi, *běsitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*běšenьje *běsiti *běsitъ *běsilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *běšenъ *běsimъ
Active *běšь *běsę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *běsixъ*běsi*běsi *běšǫ*běsiši*běsitь
Dual *běsixově*běsista*běsiste *běsivě*běsita*běsite
Plural *běsixomъ*běsiste*běsišę *běsimъ*běsite*běsętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *běšaaxъ*běšaaše*běšaaše —*běsi*běsi
Dual *běšaaxově*běšaašeta*běšaašete *běsivě*běsita—
Plural *běšaaxomъ*běšaašete*běšaaxǫ *běsimъ*běsite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*běsivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
  • *běsьnъ (“angry, enraged, berserk”)
  • *běsěti (“to have rabies”)
  • *běsovati (“to do crazy things”)
  • *běsьněti (“to run amok”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: беси́ть (besítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: біси́тися (bisýtysja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: бѣсити (běsiti)
    • Bulgarian: беся́ се (besjá se, “to be mad”) (rare)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: вбеся̀вам (vbesjàvam, “to enrage”)
    • Serbo-Croatian: бе́сити се (rare)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běsiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бяс, бешение”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 109

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “běsjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b blive rasende (PR 137)”
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