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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blědъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaidas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd-o-s, from *bʰleyd-. Cognate with Lithuanian blaĩvas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-Germanic *blaitaz, Albanian blehurë.
Adjective
*blě̑dъ[1][2]
- pale
Declension
Indefinite declension of *blědъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *blědъ | *blěda | *blědo |
| Accusative | *blědъ | *blědǫ | *blědo |
| Genitive | *blěda | *blědy | *blěda |
| Locative | *blědě | *blědě | *blědě |
| Dative | *blědu | *blědě | *blědu |
| Instrumental | *blědomь | *blědojǫ | *blědomь |
| Vocative | *blěde | *blědo | *blědo |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blěda | *blědě | *blědě |
| Accusative | *blěda | *blědě | *blědě |
| Genitive | *blědu | *blědu | *blědu |
| Locative | *blědu | *blědu | *blědu |
| Dative | *blědoma | *blědama | *blědoma |
| Instrumental | *blědoma | *blědama | *blědoma |
| Vocative | *blěda | *blědě | *blědě |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blědi | *blědy | *blěda |
| Accusative | *blědy | *blědy | *blěda |
| Genitive | *blědъ | *blědъ | *blědъ |
| Locative | *blěděxъ | *blědaxъ | *blěděxъ |
| Dative | *blědomъ | *blědamъ | *blědomъ |
| Instrumental | *blědy | *blědami | *blědy |
| Vocative | *blědi | *blědy | *blěda |
Definite declension of *blědъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *blědъjь | *blědaja | *blědoje |
| Accusative | *blědъjь | *blědǫjǫ | *blědoje |
| Genitive | *blědajego | *blědyję | *blědajego |
| Locative | *blědějemь | *blěději | *blědějemь |
| Dative | *blědujemu | *blěději | *blědujemu |
| Instrumental | *blědyjimi | *blědǫjǫ | *blědyjimi |
| Vocative | *blědъjь | *blědaja | *blědoje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blědaja | *blěději | *blěději |
| Accusative | *blědaja | *blěději | *blěději |
| Genitive | *blěduju | *blěduju | *blěduju |
| Locative | *blěduju | *blěduju | *blěduju |
| Dative | *blědyjima | *blědyjima | *blědyjima |
| Instrumental | *blědyjima | *blědyjima | *blědyjima |
| Vocative | *blědaja | *blěději | *blěději |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *blědiji | *blědyję | *blědaja |
| Accusative | *blědyję | *blědyję | *blědaja |
| Genitive | *blědъjixъ | *blědъjixъ | *blědъjixъ |
| Locative | *blědyjixъ | *blědyjixъ | *blědyjixъ |
| Dative | *blědyjimъ | *blědyjimъ | *blědyjimъ |
| Instrumental | *blědyjimi | *blědyjimi | *blědyjimi |
| Vocative | *blědiji | *blědyję | *blědaja |
Derived terms
- *blědostь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бле́ды (bljédy)
- ⇒ Belarusian: бле́дны (bljédny)
- Russian: бледо́й (bledój) (dialectal), блёдый (bljódyj) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Russian: бле́дный (blédnyj)
- Ukrainian: блідий (blidyj)
- Belarusian: бле́ды (bljédy)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: блѣдъ (blědŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⰾⱑⰴⱏ (blědŭ)
- Bulgarian: блед (bled)
- Macedonian: блед (bled)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бле̑д
- Latin: blȇd
- Slovene: bledo
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic
- Old Czech: bledý
- Czech: bledý
- Old Polish: blady
- Polish: blady
- Slovak: bledý
- Slovincian: bladḯ
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: blědy
- Upper Sorbian: blědy
- Old Czech: bledý
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бле́дный”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blě̑dъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42: “adj. o (c) ‘pale’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “blědъ -a -o”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 109; PR 138)”