bolniti

bel(e)niti; belnovati; bolniti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `rage'

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Russian:

(uz)belenít'sja (dial.) `become infuriated' [verb];

bolonít' (dial.) `pester, bore' [verb];

bolónit' (dial.) `talk' [verb]

Czech:

blenovati (Kott: Bylinář Mathiolův, 1596) `chatter' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

blániti (17th c.) `go crazy, rage' [verb] \{6\}

Slovene:

blẹncáti `talk in one's sleep, rave, chatter' [verb], blẹncȃm [1sg] \{1\}

Bulgarian:

blenúvam `be poisoned by henbane, day-dream' [verb]

Macedonian:

blenuva `dream' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰel(e)-n-

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Comments: Apart from denominative verbs meaning `to rave, to talk nonsense', expressions of the type "he has eaten henbane" conveying the same meaning exist in several languages, e.g. Ru. on belený ob"élsja, OCz. když sě komu přihodi, že by sě blena najedl, Cz. jako by se blínu napil, SCr. kao da se buna (bunike) nazobao (najio, (na)jeo).

Notes:

\{1\} Also belendáti `rave, phantasize' from Hung. beléndek `henbane'.