Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьlděti

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 *gil̃dḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾l̥dʰ-éh₁ye-ti, from the root *gʷeldʰ- (“to be greedy, hungry”).

Verb

*žьlděti

1. to desire

   Synonyms: *bagati, *bažiti, *pragnǫti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *žьlděti, *žьldě, *žьlditь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*žьlděnьje	*žьlděti	*žьldětъ	*žьldělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*žьlděnъ	*žьldimъ
Active	*žьlděvъ	*žьldę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žьlděxъ	*žьldě	*žьldě	*žьlďǫ	*žьldiši	*žьlditь
Dual	*žьlděxově	*žьlděsta	*žьlděste	*žьldivě	*žьldita	*žьldite
Plural	*žьlděxomъ	*žьlděste	*žьlděšę	*žьldimъ	*žьldite	*žьldętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žьlděaxъ	*žьlděaše	*žьlděaše	—	*žьldi	*žьldi
Dual	*žьlděaxově	*žьlděašeta	*žьlděašete	*žьldivě	*žьldita	—
Plural	*žьlděaxomъ	*žьlděašete	*žьlděaxǫ	*žьldimъ	*žьldite	—

Related terms

• *gȏldъ (“hunger”)
  • *goldati
  • *golděti
  • *golditi
  • *goldovati

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жлъдѣти (žlŭděti)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жу́дјети

    Latin script: žúdjeti

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Pokorny (1959), page 434