Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běgunъ

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

From *běgati / *běžati (to run) +‎ *-unъ.

Noun

*běgũnъ m[1]

  1. runner (person or animal who runs fast)
  2. (North Slavic) rotating part of various devices
    1. door hinge axis
    2. runner of a sled or a cradle
    3. outer stone of a millstone

Declension

Declension of *běgũnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *běgũnъ *běgūnà *běgūnì
genitive *běgūnà *běgūnù *běgũnъ
dative *běgūnù *běgūnòma *běgūnòmъ
accusative *běgũnъ *běgūnà *běgūnỳ
instrumental *běgūnъ̀mь, *běgūnòmь* *běgūnòma *běgũny
locative *běgūně̀ *běgūnù *běgũněxъ
vocative *běgune *běgūnà *běgūnì

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бѣгунъ (běgunŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: бѣгунъ (běgunŭ)
    • Bulgarian: бегу́н (begún) (archaic)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бјѐгӯн
      Latin script: bjègūn
    • Slovene: bẹgȗn (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “běgunъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 226

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běgunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 60
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “biegun”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 27
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “biegun”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 48, page 1
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1952–1956), “biegun”, in Kazimierz Nitsch, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes I: A—J, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 32