Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/babrati

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

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Verb

*babrati

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Conjugation

Conjugation of *babrati, *babra, *babrajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*babranьje	*babrati	*babratъ	*babralъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*babranъ	*babrajemъ
Active	*babravъ	*babraję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*babraxъ	*babra	*babra	*babrajǫ	*babraješi	*babrajetь
Dual	*babraxově	*babrasta	*babraste	*babrajevě	*babrajeta	*babrajete
Plural	*babraxomъ	*babraste	*babrašę	*babrajemъ	*babrajete	*babrajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*babraaxъ	*babraaše	*babraaše	—	*babraji	*babraji
Dual	*babraaxově	*babraašeta	*babraašete	*babrajivě	*babrajita	—
Plural	*babraaxomъ	*babraašete	*babraaxǫ	*babrajimъ	*babrajite	—

Related terms

• *babriti
• *babrotati
• *babrotъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: бара́бать (barábatʹ) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ба́брати (bábraty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̏брати

    Latin script: bȁbrati

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: babrat
  • Polish: babrać
  • Slovak: babrať

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*babrati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 112