Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫdъ

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Balto-Slavic *blandás

Proto-Slavic *blǫdъ

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blandas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to wander; to see poorly; pale”).

Noun

*blǫ̑dъ m

1. delusion
2. debauchery, depravity

Alternative forms

• *blǫda f

Inflection

Declension of *blǫ̑dъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blǫ̑dъ	*blǫ̑da	*blǫ̑di
genitive	*blǫ̑da	*blǫdù	*blǫ̃dъ
dative	*blǫ̑du	*blǫdomà	*blǫdòmъ
accusative	*blǫ̑dъ	*blǫ̑da	*blǫ̑dy
instrumental	*blǫ̑dъmь, *blǫ̑domь*	*blǫdomà	*blǫdý
locative	*blǫ̑dě	*blǫdù	*blǫdě̃xъ
vocative	*blǫde	*blǫ̑da	*blǫ̑di

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

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

Derived terms

• *zablǫda
• *orzblǫda
• *blǫdьnъ
• *blǫdati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: блѫдъ (blǫdŭ), блудъ (bludŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: блудъ (blud)
      • Belarusian: (dialectal) блуд (blud)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: блуд (blud)
      • Ukrainian: блуд (blud)
    • Russian: блуд (blud)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: блѫдъ (blǫdŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⰾⱘⰴⱏ (blǫdŭ)

  • Bulgarian: блуд (blud) (archaic), блъ́ндва (blǎ́ndva, “noise, fuss”) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: блуд (blud)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: блу̑д

    Latin script: blȗd

  • Slovene: blód
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: blud, błud (alternative writing)
    • Czech: blud
  • Old Polish: błąd
    • Polish: błąd
    • Silesian: błōnd
  • Slovak: blud
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: błąd
    • Slovincian: blõd
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: błud
    • Lower Sorbian: błud

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: bolond
    • → Romanian: bolând

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “блуд”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blǫdъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 126
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блуд”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 57
• “blandas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012