Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běditi

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

Disputed. Possibly of heterogenous origin, fusing:

Derksen remains agnostic[1] in regard to the relation between the two meanings.

Verb

*bě̄dìti impf[1][2]

  1. (South Slavic) to persuade, to coerce
    1. to urge, to compel
    2. to talk into
  2. to cause trouble, burden, bother
    1. to defeat, to overwhelm
    2. (probably figurative) to vex, to accuse, to slander
    3. (reflexive) to live in poverty

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • *naběditi
  • *poběditi
  • *uběditi

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ruthenian:
      • Ukrainian: біди́ти (bidýty, to cuss)
    • Russian: беди́ть (bedítʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: бѣдити (běditi, to persuade, to force)
    • Bulgarian: бедя́ (bedjá) (dated, dialectal)
    • Macedonian: беди (bedi, to slander)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бијѐдити
      Latin script: bijèditi
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bíditi, běditi (obsolete)
    • Old Polish: biedzić
    • Slovak: biediť

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̄dìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39:v. (b)
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “bědjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c sejre (PR 139)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бедить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běditi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 56
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бідити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Snoj, Marko (2016), “bẹ́da”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:sorodstva s pslovan. glagolom *bědi̋ti ‛siliti’