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	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blǫdaaxъ	*blǫdaaše	*blǫdaaše	—	*blǫdaji	*blǫdaji
Dual	*blǫdaaxově	*blǫdaašeta	*blǫdaašete	*blǫdajivě	*blǫdajita	—
Plural	*blǫdaaxomъ	*blǫdaašete	*blǫdaaxǫ	*blǫdajimъ	*blǫdajite	—

Related terms

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