Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grędь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grędь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Noun

*grę̑dь f[1][2]

1. Alternative form of *grę̄dà
2. landmark

Inflection

Declension of *grę̑dь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*grę̑dь	*grę̑di	*grę̑di
Accusative	*grę̑dь	*grę̑di	*grę̑di
Genitive	*grędí	*grędьjù, *gręďu*	*grędь̀jь
Locative	*grędí	*grędьjù, *gręďu*	*grę̑dьxъ
Dative	*grę̑di	*grędьmà	*grę̑dьmъ
Instrumental	*grędьjǫ́	*grędьmà	*grędьmì
Vocative	*grędi	*grę̑di	*grę̑di

^* 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

• *grędělъ (“latch of plow”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гред (gred, “landmark within a field”) (archaic)

    ⇒ Romanian: grind (“hill”)

    ⇒ Hungarian: gerend (“mound”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręda/*grędъ/*grędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 120
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “гред”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 277

References

1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “grędь grędi”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25, 28f.)”
2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “gréda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*gręda̋ (*grę̑dь)”