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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫditi
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blándīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlondʰ-éye-ti, from *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend, mix up”). Cognate with Latvian bluôdîtiês (“to roam, be ashamed”), blàndîtiês (“to roam”), Lithuanian blandýtis (“to clear up, become cloudy, recover, roam”), Proto-Germanic *blandaną.
Verb
*blǭdìti impf[1][2]
- to err
Inflection
Conjugation of *blǫditi, *blǫdi, *blǫditь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *blǫďenьje | *blǫditi | *blǫditъ | *blǫdilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *blǫďenъ | *blǫdimъ |
| Active | *blǫďь | *blǫdę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *blǫdixъ | *blǫdi | *blǫdi | *blǫďǫ | *blǫdiši | *blǫditь |
| Dual | *blǫdixově | *blǫdista | *blǫdiste | *blǫdivě | *blǫdita | *blǫdite |
| Plural | *blǫdixomъ | *blǫdiste | *blǫdišę | *blǫdimъ | *blǫdite | *blǫdętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *blǫďaaxъ | *blǫďaaše | *blǫďaaše | — | *blǫdi | *blǫdi |
| Dual | *blǫďaaxově | *blǫďaašeta | *blǫďaašete | *blǫdivě | *blǫdita | — |
| Plural | *blǫďaaxomъ | *blǫďaašete | *blǫďaaxǫ | *blǫdimъ | *blǫdite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*blǫdivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ- (0 c, 8 e)
Derived terms
- *blǫďati (“to wander”)
- *blǫdьnъ (“errant”)
- *blǫdьstvo (“whoredom”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: блꙋдити (bluditi)
- Belarusian: блудзі́ць (bludzícʹ)
- Russian: блуди́ть (bludítʹ)
- Old Ukrainian: блудити (bluditi), блудіти (bluditi)
- Ukrainian: блуди́ти (bludýty)
- Old East Slavic: блꙋдити (bluditi)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: блѫдити (blǫditi)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⰾⱘⰴⰻⱅⰻ (blǫditi)
- Bulgarian: блъдя́ (blǎdjá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: блудити
- Latin: bluditi
- Slovene: bloditi
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: blúditi
- Czech: bloudit
- Old Polish: błądzić
- Polish: błądzić
- Slovak: blúdiť
- Slovincian: blą̃ʒĕc
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: błuźiś
- Upper Sorbian: błudzić
- Old Czech: blúditi
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blǫditi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “блъдам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 57
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blǭdìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47: “v. (b) ‘err’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “blǫdjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b forføre (PR 137)”