Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫditi

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 *blándīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlondʰ-éye-ti, from *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend, mix up”). Cognate with Latvian bluôdîtiês (“to roam, be ashamed”), blàndîtiês (“to roam”), Lithuanian blandýtis (“to clear up, become cloudy, recover, roam”), Proto-Germanic *blandaną.

Verb

*blǭdìti impf

1. to err

Inflection

Conjugation of *blǫditi, *blǫdi, *blǫditь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*blǫďenьje	*blǫditi	*blǫditъ	*blǫdilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*blǫďenъ	*blǫdimъ
Active	*blǫďь	*blǫdę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blǫdixъ	*blǫdi	*blǫdi	*blǫďǫ	*blǫdiši	*blǫditь
Dual	*blǫdixově	*blǫdista	*blǫdiste	*blǫdivě	*blǫdita	*blǫdite
Plural	*blǫdixomъ	*blǫdiste	*blǫdišę	*blǫdimъ	*blǫdite	*blǫdętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*blǫďaaxъ	*blǫďaaše	*blǫďaaše	—	*blǫdi	*blǫdi
Dual	*blǫďaaxově	*blǫďaašeta	*blǫďaašete	*blǫdivě	*blǫdita	—
Plural	*blǫďaaxomъ	*blǫďaašete	*blǫďaaxǫ	*blǫdimъ	*blǫdite	—

Notes:
• (*)*blǫdivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ- (0 c, 8 e)

Derived terms

• *blǫďati (“to wander”)
• *blǫdьnъ (“errant”)
• *blǫdьstvo (“whoredom”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: блѫдити (blǫditi)
    • Old Ruthenian: блуди́ти (bludíti)
      • Belarusian: блудзі́ць (bludzícʹ)
      • Ukrainian: блуди́ти (bludýty)
    • Russian: блуди́ть (bludítʹ)
  • Old Novgorodian: блодити (bloditi)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: блѫдити (blǫditi)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⰾⱘⰴⰻⱅⰻ (blǫditi)

  • Bulgarian: блъдя́ (blǎdjá)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: блудити

    Latin script: bluditi

  • Slovene: blodíti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: blúditi
    • Czech: bloudit
  • Polabian: blǫdĕt
  • Old Polish: błądzić
    • Polish: błądzić
  • Slovak: blúdiť
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: błãdzëc
    • Slovincian: blõdzëc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: błuźiś
    • Upper Sorbian: błudzić

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blǫditi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блъдам”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 57