Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/naděja

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

    Deverbal from *nadějati.

    Noun

    *naděja f

    1. hope
      Synonym: *nadeďa

    Declension

    Declension of *naděja (soft a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *naděja *naději *naděję̇
    genitive *naděję̇ *naděju *nadějь
    dative *naději *nadějama *nadějamъ
    accusative *nadějǫ *naději *naděję̇
    instrumental *nadějejǫ, *nadějǫ** *nadějama *nadějami
    locative *naději *naděju *nadějasъ, *nadějaxъ*
    vocative *naděje *naději *naděję̇

    * -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).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: надѣꙗ (naděja)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: надѣꙗ (naděja)
      • Slovene: nȃdeja (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*naděja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 235