Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žęďa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From *žędati (“to wish, desire”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*žę̃ďa f

1. thirst
2. craving, yearning, wish, desire

   Synonym: *žeľa

Declension

Declension of *žę̃ďa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žę̃ďa	*žę̃ďi	*žę̃ďę̇
Accusative	*žę̃ďǫ	*žę̃ďi	*žę̃ďę̇
Genitive	*žę̃ďę̇	*žę̃ďu	*žę̃ďь
Locative	*žę̃ďi	*žę̃ďu	*žę̃ďasъ, *žę̃ďaxъ*
Dative	*žę̃ďi	*žę̃ďama	*žę̃ďamъ
Instrumental	*žę̃ďejǫ, *žę̃ďǫ**	*žę̃ďama	*žę̃ďamī
Vocative	*žęďe	*žę̃ďi	*žę̃ďę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Alternative forms

• *žęďь (Serbo-Croatian)

See also

• *smaga

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жажа (žaža)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жѩжда (žjęžda), жѧжда (žęžda)
    • Bulgarian: жа́жда (žážda)
    • → Russian: жа́жда (žážda)
  • Macedonian: жед (žed)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: же̑ђа, же̑ђ f

    Latin: žȇđa, žȇđ f, [Term?]

  • Slovene: žeja, žé̯ja
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: *žáda, žieze, žiezě (Loc.)
    • ⇒ Czech: žízeň
  • Old Polish: żądzá
    • Polish: żądza
  • Slovak: žiadza

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жа́жда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “жажда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 290
• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “жѧжда”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 222
• Sreznevsky, Izmail (1893), “жажа”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1: А – К, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 840