Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъděti

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *budḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-éh₁ye-ti, from *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake”).

Verb

*bъděti impf

1. to be awake

Inflection

Conjugation of *bъděti, *bъdě, *bъditь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*bъděnьje	*bъděti	*bъdětъ	*bъdělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*bъděvъ	*bъdę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bъděxъ	*bъdě	*bъdě	*bъďǫ	*bъdiši	*bъditь
Dual	*bъděxově	*bъděsta	*bъděste	*bъdivě	*bъdita	*bъdite
Plural	*bъděxomъ	*bъděste	*bъděšę	*bъdimъ	*bъdite	*bъdętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bъděaxъ	*bъděaše	*bъděaše	—	*bъdi	*bъdi
Dual	*bъděaxově	*bъděašeta	*bъděašete	*bъdivě	*bъdita	—
Plural	*bъděaxomъ	*bъděašete	*bъděaxǫ	*bъdimъ	*bъdite	—

Derived terms

Derived terms (13)

• *bъdětva?
• *Bъdigostь
• *bъdьlivъ
• *bъdьnъ
• *bъdrъ (“alert, cheerful”)
  • *bъdriti
    • *orzbъdriti
  • *bъdrostь
  • *bъdrota
  • *bъdry
• *bъdynъ?
• *nabъděti
• *sъnabъděti

Related terms

• *bľusti (“to watch”)
• *buditi (“to awaken, arouse”)

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: бъдѣти (bŭděti) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бъдѣти (bŭděti)
    • Old Ruthenian: бдѣти (bděti)
    • Russian: бдеть (bdetʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: бъдѣти (bŭděti)

    Glagolitic: ⰱⱏⰴⱑⱅⰹ (bŭděti)

  • Bulgarian: бдя (bdja)
  • Macedonian: бдее (bdee)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бде̏ти, бдје̏ти

    Latin: bdȅti, bdjȅti

  • Slovene: bədẹ́ti, bdẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bdieti
    • Czech: bdít
  • Old Polish: bdzieć
  • Slovak: bdieť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: bźeś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бдеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “бдительный”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 80
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъděti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 109