къде

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• кѫдѣ (kǫdě) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde), from Proto-Slavic *kъde, and from Old Church Slavonic кѫдѣ (kǫdě), from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈdɛ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -dɛ
• Hyphenation^(key): къ‧де

Adverb

къде́ • (kǎdé) (not comparable)

1. where

   Къде́ се нами́ра автобу́сната спи́рка?

   Kǎdé se namíra avtobúsnata spírka?

   Where is the bus stop?

2. whither

References

• “къде”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “къде”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къде́”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, pages 180-181

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• кьде (kĭde)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъde.

Adverb

къде • (kŭde)

1. where

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• кдѣ (kdě), кде (kde)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊˈdɛ/→/kʊˈdʲɛ/→/ˈkdʲɛ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /kʊˈdɛ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /kʊˈdʲɛ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkdʲɛ/

Adverb

къде (kŭde)

1. where
   • 1110s, Hypatian Codex:

     кд(е) есть конь мои егоже бѣхъ поставилъ. кормити и блюсти его. ѡнъ же ре(ч) умерлъ есть

     kd(je) jestĭ konĭ moi jegože běxŭ postavilŭ. kormiti i bljusti jego. onŭ že re(č) umerlŭ jestĭ

     Where is my horse, whom I had ordered to feed and praise? He said: "(The horse) is dead".

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: где (hde), кде (kde), кгде (gde)
  • Belarusian: дзе (dzje)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: де (de)
  • Ukrainian: де (de), dial. где (hde)
• Russian: где (gde), dial. каде (kade), де (de)