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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/basnь
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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
Action noun of *bati, *bajati (“to tell, to narate”) + *-snь, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, to tell”). Akin to Latin fābula (“narative”), Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“prayer”) and formally related to Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma, “apparition, phantom”) (from another meaning of the same PIE root).
Alternative forms
- *bàsňa (ja-stem)
- *basma (in Serbo-Croatian)
Declension
Declension of *bàsnь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bàsnь | *bàsni | *bàsni |
| Accusative | *bàsnь | *bàsni | *bàsni |
| Genitive | *bàsnī | *bàsnьju, *bàsňu* | *bàsnьjь, *bàsnī* |
| Locative | *bàsnī | *bàsnьju, *bàsňu* | *bàsnьxъ |
| Dative | *bàsni | *bàsnьma | *bàsnьmъ |
| Instrumental | *bàsnьjǫ, *bàsňǭ* | *bàsnьma | *bàsnьmī |
| Vocative | *basni | *bàsni | *bàsni |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *basnьnikъ (“poet, fabler”)
- *basnica (“narative”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ба́сня”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*basnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “басня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 35
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*basnъ; *bàsņa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “f. i; f. jā”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “basen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ba̋snь”
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