Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělěti

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 *bělъ (“white”) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*bělěti impf

to whiten, to become white

Inflection

Conjugation of *bělěti, *bělě, *bělějetь (impf., intr., -ě-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ěti

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bělěnьje	*bělěti	*bělětъ	*bělělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*bělěvъ	*bělěję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bělěxъ	*bělě	*bělě	*bělějǫ	*bělěješi	*bělějetь
Dual	*bělěxově	*bělěsta	*bělěste	*bělějevě	*bělějeta	*bělějete
Plural	*bělěxomъ	*bělěste	*bělěšę	*bělějemъ	*bělějete	*bělějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bělěaxъ	*bělěaše	*bělěaše	—	*bělěji	*bělěji
Dual	*bělěaxově	*bělěašeta	*bělěašete	*bělějivě	*bělějita	—
Plural	*bělěaxomъ	*bělěašete	*bělěaxǫ	*bělějimъ	*bělějite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бѣлѣти (bělěti)
  - Belarusian: бяле́ць (bjaljécʹ)
  - Russian: беле́ть (belétʹ)
  - Old Ukrainian: бѣлѣти (bělěti)
    - Ukrainian: білі́ти (bilíty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: беле́я (beléja)
- Macedonian: белее (belee)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бе́лети
  
  Latin script: béleti
- Slovene: bẹ́leti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: běleti
- Polish: bieleć
- Slovak: belieť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: běleć
  - Lower Sorbian: běleś

References

Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “белый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 84
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělěti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64

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