Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/badati

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

    Lengthened grade of *bosti +‎ *-ati from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (to pierce). Akin to Latvian badît, Lithuanian badýti.

    Verb

    *bādàti impf[1]

    1. to prick

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • *badъ (puncture, stabbing)
    • *badakati

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: бадати (badati)
        • Ukrainian: бадати (badaty), бада́ты (badáty)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: бадàкам (badàkam, to sew carefully, to work slowly) (extended with *-kati)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: уба́дати
        Latin script: ubádati
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bādàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32:v. ‘prick’

    Further reading

    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бадакам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 26