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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blędь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *blęsti (1sg. *blędǫ) + *-ь.
Adjective
*blędь
- blasphemous, sinful
- *blędь *byti ― to be blasphemous, to be in sin
Alternative forms
- *blędьnъ (grammatisized via no-stem extension)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: (indeclinable)
- Old Cyrillic: блѧдь (blędĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⰾⱔⰴⱐ (blędĭ)
- Old Church Slavonic: (indeclinable)
Noun
*blędь f[1]
- (nomen acti) blather, idle talk
- Synonyms: *porzdьnoslovьje, *sujeslovьje
- → error, blunder
- → deception, misinformation
- (nomen agentis) gabbler, windbag
Alternative forms
- *blęzdь (regional)
Inflection
Declension of *blędь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *blędь | *blędi | *blędi |
| Accusative | *blędь | *blędi | *blędi |
| Genitive | *blędi | *blędьju, *blęďu* | *blędьjь, *blędi* |
| Locative | *blędi | *blędьju, *blęďu* | *blędьxъ |
| Dative | *blędi | *blędьma | *blędьmъ |
| Instrumental | *blędьjǫ, *blęďǫ* | *blędьma | *blędьmi |
| Vocative | *blędi | *blędi | *blędi |
* 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).
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ- (0 c, 8 e)
Derived terms
- *blędoslovьje (“blathering”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: блѧдь (blędĭ)
- Old Ruthenian: блѧдь (bljadʹ)
- Belarusian: блядзь (bljadzʹ), бляць (bljacʹ)
- Rusyn: блядь (bljadʹ)
- Ukrainian: блядь (bljadʹ)
- Middle Russian: блѧдь (bljadʹ)
- Russian: блядь (bljadʹ)
- → Polish: bladź
- → Latvian: blèdis
- Old Ruthenian: блѧдь (bljadʹ)
- Old Novgorodian: блѧдь (blędĭ)[2]
- Old East Slavic: блѧдь (blędĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: блѧдь (blędĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⰾⱔⰴⱐ (blędĭ)
- Russian Church Slavonic: блѧдь (blędĭ)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: бле́зно (blézno) (dialectal)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Old Hungarian: belendёs
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
- Anikin, A. E. (2009), “блядь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 277
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “блядь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “блезно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 55
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blędь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 44: “f. i ‘error’”
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “блѧдь”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 712 of 872