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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blędь

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

Etymology

From *blęsti (1sg. *blędǫ) +‎ *-ь.

Adjective

*blędь

  1. blasphemous, sinful
    *blędь byti ― to be blasphemous, to be in sin

Alternative forms
  • *blędьnъ (grammatisized via no-stem extension)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: (indeclinable)
      Old Cyrillic script: блѧдь (blędĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰱⰾⱔⰴⱐ (blędĭ)

Noun

*blędь f[1]

  1. (nomen acti) blather, idle talk
    Synonyms: *porzdьnoslovьje, *sujeslovьje
    → error, blunder
    → deception, misinformation
  2. (nomen agentis) gabbler, windbag

Alternative forms
  • *blęzdь (regional)

Inflection
Declension of *blędь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *blędь *blędi *blędi
genitive *blędi *blędьju, *blęďu* *blędьjь, *blędi*
dative *blędi *blędьma *blędьmъ
accusative *blędь *blędi *blędi
instrumental *blędьjǫ, *blęďǫ* *blędьma *blędьmi
locative *blędi *blędьju, *blęďu* *blędьxъ
vocative *blędi *blędi *blędi
* 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).
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ-‎ (0 c, 8 e)

Derived terms
  • *blędoslovьje (“blathering”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: блѧдь (blędĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰱⰾⱔⰴⱐ (blędĭ)
      • Russian Church Slavonic: блѧдь (blędĭ)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: бле́зно (blézno) (dialectal)
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Old Hungarian: belendёs

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
  • Anikin, A. E. (2009) “блядь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 277
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “блядь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блезно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blędь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 44: “f. i ‘error’”
  2. Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “блѧдь”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 712
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