Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/radi

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

Possibly a Iranian borrowing; compare Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎮𐎡𐎹 (r-a-di-i-y /⁠rādiy⁠/, “on the account of”).

Postposition

*radi

1. for the sake of

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: зара́дзі (zarádzi)
  • Russian: ра́ди (rádi), зара́ди (zarádi)
  • Ukrainian: ра́ди (rády), зара́ди (zarády)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ради (radi), радьма (radĭma)
  • Bulgarian: зара́ди (zarádi), пора́ди (porádi)
  • Macedonian: за́ради (záradi), по́ради (póradi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ра̏ди, за̏ради, за̏рад, по̏ради

    Latin: rȁdi, zȁradi, zȁrad, pȍradi

  • Slovene: zarȃdi, zaràd, rȃdi