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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bučati

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 from Proto-Indo-European *bew- or possibly *bʰewH- (“to grow”) + *-čati. Cognate with Lithuanian baũkti (“to roar”), Sanskrit बुक्कति (bukkati, “to bark”).

Verb

*bučàti impf[1][2]

  1. to roar, to drone, to clatter

Conjugation
Conjugation of *bučati, *buča, *bučitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*bučanьje *bučati *bučatъ *bučalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *bučanъ *bučimъ
Active *bučavъ *bučę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *bučaxъ*buča*buča *bučǫ*bučiši*bučitь
Dual *bučaxově*bučasta*bučaste *bučivě*bučita*bučite
Plural *bučaxomъ*bučaste*bučašę *bučimъ*bučite*bučętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *bučaaxъ*bučaaše*bučaaše —*buči*buči
Dual *bučaaxově*bučaašeta*bučaašete *bučivě*bučita—
Plural *bučaaxomъ*bučaašete*bučaaxǫ *bučimъ*bučite—
  • *buka (“turmoil, uproar”)
    • *bukati (iterative)

See also
  • *bǫčati (“to buzz”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Russian: буча́ть (bučátʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bučeti
    • Polabian: b'aucĕ
    • Polish: buczeć
    • Slovak: bučať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: bycaś
      • Upper Sorbian: bučeć
  • Non-Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bučàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 67
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “bučati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *bűčati”

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “буча́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bučati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 74
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