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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brediti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Cognate with Lithuanian brẽdyti (“to chatter, deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodnó- (“to rove, to wander”)
Verb
*brediti[1]
- to rave
Inflection
Conjugation of *brediti, *bredi, *breditь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *breďenьje | *brediti | *breditъ | *bredilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *breďenъ | *bredimъ |
| Active | *breďь | *bredę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *bredixъ | *bredi | *bredi | *breďǫ | *brediši | *breditь |
| Dual | *bredixově | *bredista | *brediste | *bredivě | *bredita | *bredite |
| Plural | *bredixomъ | *brediste | *bredišę | *bredimъ | *bredite | *bredętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *breďaaxъ | *breďaaše | *breďaaše | — | *bredi | *bredi |
| Dual | *breďaaxově | *breďaašeta | *breďaašete | *bredivě | *bredita | — |
| Plural | *breďaaxomъ | *breďaašete | *breďaaxǫ | *bredimъ | *bredite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*bredivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: бре́дить (bréditʹ)
- Ukrainian: бредити (bredyty)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bředit (dialectal, reflexive)
- Polish: brzedzić (obsolete)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brediti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61: “v. ‘rave’”