Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojati.
Verb
боꙗти • (bojati) impf (reflexive)
- to fear
- to be afraid [with genitive or отъ (otŭ, + genitive) ‘of something’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of боꙗти (class II3, intransitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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боꙗти
bojati
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боꙗтъ
bojatŭ
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боꙗньѥ
bojanĭje
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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боѧ
boję
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боꙗвъ
bojavŭ
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| passive
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—
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—
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| l-participle
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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| singular
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боꙗлъ
bojalŭ
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боꙗло
bojalo
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боꙗла
bojala
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| dual
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боꙗла
bojala
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боꙗлѣ
bojalě
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боꙗлѣ
bojalě
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| plural
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боꙗли
bojali
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боꙗла
bojala
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боꙗлꙑ
bojaly
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present
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imperfect
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imperative
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| singular
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1st
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боѭ
bojǫ
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боꙗахъ
bojaaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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боиши
boiši
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боꙗаше
bojaaše
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бои
boi
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| 3rd
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боитъ
boitŭ
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боꙗаше
bojaaše
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бои
boi
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| dual
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1st
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боивѣ
boivě
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боꙗаховѣ
bojaaxově
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боивѣ
boivě
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| 2nd
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боита
boita
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боꙗашета
bojaašeta
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боита
boita
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| 3rd
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боите, боита
boite, boita
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боꙗашете, боꙗашета
bojaašete, bojaašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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боимъ
boimŭ
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боꙗахомъ
bojaaxomŭ
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боимъ
boimŭ
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| 2nd
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боите
boite
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боꙗашете
bojaašete
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боите
boite
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| 3rd
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боѧтъ
bojętŭ
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боꙗахѫ
bojaaxǫ
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—
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s-aorist5
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| singular
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1st
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боꙗхъ
bojaxŭ
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| 2nd
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боꙗ
boja
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| 3rd
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боꙗ
boja
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| dual
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1st
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боꙗховѣ
bojaxově
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| 2nd
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боꙗста
bojasta
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| 3rd
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боꙗсте, боꙗста
bojaste, bojasta
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| plural
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1st
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боꙗхомъ
bojaxomŭ
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| 2nd
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боꙗсте
bojaste
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| 3rd
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боꙗшѧ
bojašę
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| compound tenses
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ ѥсмь
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ бѣхъ or боꙗлъ бѣахъ
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| future
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Use the infinitive of боꙗти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. first-person singular → имамь боꙗти, хощѫ боꙗти, начьнѫ боꙗти or въчьнѫ боꙗти
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| future perfect2, 3
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Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ бѫдѫ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of боꙗти and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → боꙗлъ бимь or боꙗлъ бꙑхъ
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1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Attested only in a few instances.
4 The dual forms are unattested.
5 Also called a sigmatic aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of боꙗти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .
Derived terms
- оубоꙗти сѧ pf (ubojati sę)
Descendants
Further reading
- “боꙗти сѧ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
- “боꙗти сѧ”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022