Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьdati

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

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *g(e)id-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-. Cognate with Lithuanian geĩsti (“desire”), Latvian gàidît (“wait”), Old Prussian gēide (“they are waiting”), Old High German gīt (“avarice”).

Verb

*žьdàti

1. to wait, to await

Inflection

Conjugation of *žьdati, *žьda, *žьdetь (?, -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*žьdanьje	*žьdati	*žьdatъ	*žьdalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*žьdanъ	*žьdomъ
Active	*žьdavъ	*žьdy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žьdaxъ	*žьda	*žьda	*žьdǫ	*žьdeši	*žьdetь
Dual	*žьdaxově	*žьdasta	*žьdaste	*žьdevě	*žьdeta	*žьdete
Plural	*žьdaxomъ	*žьdaste	*žьdašę	*žьdemъ	*žьdete	*žьdǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*žьdaaxъ	*žьdaaše	*žьdaaše	—	*žьdi	*žьdi
Dual	*žьdaaxově	*žьdaašeta	*žьdaašete	*žьděvě	*žьděta	—
Plural	*žьdaaxomъ	*žьdaašete	*žьdaaxǫ	*žьděmъ	*žьděte	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ждаць (ždacʹ)
  • Russian: ждать (ždatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: жда́ти (ždáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: жьдати (žĭdati)

    Glagolitic: ⰶⱐⰴⰰⱅⰻ (žĭdati)

  • Slovene: ždẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ždáti
    • Czech: ždáti
  • Kashubian: ždac
  • Old Polish: żdać
    • Polish: żdać

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 565
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ждать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress