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: [Term?]
  • 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, “жа́жда”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress, 1964–1973
• Černyx, P. Ja., “жажда”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, 1999, page 290
• “жѧжда”, in Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors, Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)]‎^[2], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, 1994, page 222
• Sreznevskij, I. I., “жажа”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments]‎^[3] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1893, page 840