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. (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).

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ- (0 c, 8 e)

Derived terms

• *blędoslovьje (“blathering”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: блѧдь (blędĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: блѧдь (bljadʹ)
      • Belarusian: блядзь (bljadzʹ), бляць (bljacʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: блядь (bljadʹ)
      • Ukrainian: блядь (bljadʹ)
    • Middle Russian: блѧдь (bljadʹ)
      • Russian: блядь (bljadʹ)
      • → Polish: bladź
    • → Latvian: blèdis
  • Old Novgorodian: блѧдь (blędĭ)
• 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), issue 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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55