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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫdati

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

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

  1. Alternative form of *blędati (“to be delirious”)
    → to sleeptalk, to rave
    Synonyms: *brediti, *bьlnovati

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 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *blǫdaaxъ*blǫdaaše*blǫdaaše —*blǫdaji*blǫdaji
Dual *blǫdaaxově*blǫdaašeta*blǫdaašete *blǫdajivě*blǫdajita—
Plural *blǫdaaxomъ*blǫdaašete*blǫdaaxǫ *blǫdajimъ*blǫdajite—
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), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
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