Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žęděti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *gedḗˀtei, an essive of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to yearn, to pray for”). Nasal infix apparently influenced by synonymous *žędati. Cognate with Lithuanian gedė́ti (“to mourn”).

Verb

*žęděti impf

1. to crave, to yearn, to long for

   Synonyms: *vъzželěti, *bažiti, *bel(e)novati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *žęděti, *žędě, *žęditь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*žęděnьje	*žęděti	*žędětъ	*žędělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*žęděnъ	*žędimъ
Active	*žęděvъ	*žędę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žęděxъ	*žędě	*žędě	*žęďǫ	*žędiši	*žęditь
Dual	*žęděxově	*žęděsta	*žęděste	*žędivě	*žędita	*žędite
Plural	*žęděxomъ	*žęděste	*žęděšę	*žędimъ	*žędite	*žędętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žęděaxъ	*žęděaše	*žęděaše	—	*žędi	*žędi
Dual	*žęděaxově	*žęděašeta	*žęděašete	*žędivě	*žędita	—
Plural	*žęděaxomъ	*žęděašete	*žęděaxǫ	*žędimъ	*žędite	—

Related terms

• *žędati (“to wish, to demand”) (a/j-conj.)
• *žęďa (“wish, desire; thirst”)
• *žędь (“craving”)
  • *žęditi (“to cause thirst”)
  • *žędovati (“to crave”)
  • *žędostь (“thirst”)
  • *žędьnъ (“avid, greedy; thirsty”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жѧдѣти (žęděti)
  • Bulgarian: же́дя (žédja), жаждя́ (žaždjá) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 522
• “gedėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012