blějati

blějati Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `bleat'

Page in Trubačev: II 107

Church Slavic:

blějati (RuCS) `bleat' [verb]

Russian:

bléjat' `bleat, (dial.) `speak, chatter, cry' [verb]

Ukrainian:

bléjaty `bleat, speak, tell stories' [verb];

blijáty `bleat' [verb]

Czech:

bleti (arch.) `bleat' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

bléjati `bleat, talk nonsense' [verb], bléjīm [1sg];

Čak. blējȁti (Vrgada) `bleat, talk nonsense' [verb], blējȅš [2sg];

Čak. blejãt (Orbanići) `bleat' [verb], blejĩ [3sg]

Slovene:

blẹ́jati `bleat, quarrel, mutter' [verb], blẹ́jam [1sg], blẹ́jem [1sg]

Bulgarian:

bléja `bleat' [verb]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bleʔ-

Latvian:

blêt `bleat' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰleh₁-

IE meaning: bleat

Page in Pokorny: 154

Other cognates:

Lat. flēre `cry' [verb];

MHG blāējen `bleat' [verb]