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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žužati

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

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

*žužati[1][2]

  1. to hum, to buzz, to drone (of insects)

Inflection
Conjugation of *žužati, *žuža, *žužitь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*žužanьje *žužati *žužatъ *žužalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *žužanъ *žužimъ
Active *žužavъ *žužę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *žužaxъ*žuža*žuža *žužǫ*žužiši*žužitь
Dual *žužaxově*žužasta*žužaste *žuživě*žužita*žužite
Plural *žužaxomъ*žužaste*žužašę *žužimъ*žužite*žužętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *žužaaxъ*žužaaše*žužaaše —*žuži*žuži
Dual *žužaaxově*žužaašeta*žužaašete *žuživě*žužita—
Plural *žužaaxomъ*žužaašete*žužaaxǫ *žužimъ*žužite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: жужэ́ць (žužécʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: жужжа́ть (žužžátʹ), жузжа́ть (žuzžátʹ); зужжа́ть (zužžátʹ), жу́ждать (žúždatʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
    • >? Slovene: žučati
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Anikin, A. E. (2023) “жужжа́ть”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 75
  2. Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “жужэ́ць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
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