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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫdati
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Either archaic factitive from *blęsti (“to confuse, to blather”) (1sg. *blędǫ) + *-ati or denominal from *blǫdъ (“delusion”), *blǫda (“moral or physical degradation”) + *-ati.
Verb
*blǫdati impf
- Alternative form of *blędati (“to be delirious”)
- → to sleeptalk, to rave
- Synonyms: *brediti, *bьlnovati
- → to sleeptalk, to rave
Conjugation
Conjugation of *blǫdati, *blǫda, *blǫdajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
---|---|---|---|
*blǫdanьje | *blǫdati | *blǫdatъ | *blǫdalъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *blǫdanъ | *blǫdajemъ |
Active | *blǫdavъ | *blǫdaję |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *blǫdaxъ | *blǫda | *blǫda | *blǫdajǫ | *blǫdaješi | *blǫdajetь |
Dual | *blǫdaxově | *blǫdasta | *blǫdaste | *blǫdajevě | *blǫdajeta | *blǫdajete |
Plural | *blǫdaxomъ | *blǫdaste | *blǫdašę | *blǫdajemъ | *blǫdajete | *blǫdajǫtь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *blǫdaaxъ | *blǫdaaše | *blǫdaaše | — | *blǫdaji | *blǫdaji |
Dual | *blǫdaaxově | *blǫdaašeta | *blǫdaašete | *blǫdajivě | *blǫdajita | — |
Plural | *blǫdaaxomъ | *blǫdaašete | *blǫdaaxǫ | *blǫdajimъ | *blǫdajite | — |
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ- (0 c, 8 e)
See also
- *blǫkati (“to roam aimlessly”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бъ́лдам (bǎ́ldam), блъда́я (blǎdája) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: блада (blada); бланда (blanda) (in Western Rupian dialects)
- → Romanian: blândă (“nettle-rash”) (possibly)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blǫdati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114