бдеть

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic бъдѣти (bŭděti, “to be awake”), from Proto-Slavic *bъděti (“to be awake”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *budḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ.

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Verb

бдеть • (bdetʹ) impf

  1. (dated) to be awake, not sleep
    Synonym: бо́дрствовать (bódrstvovatʹ)
  2. (literary, dated) to keep watch, to keep vigil

Conjugation

Conjugation of бде́ть (class 5b imperfective intransitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive бде́ть
bdétʹ
participles present tense past tense
active бдя́щий
bdjáščij		 бде́вший
bdévšij
passive — —
adverbial бдя́
bdjá		 бде́в
bdév,
бде́вши
bdévši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) — бу́ду бде́ть
búdu bdétʹ
2nd singular (ты) бди́шь
bdíšʹ		 бу́дешь бде́ть
búdešʹ bdétʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) бди́т
bdít		 бу́дет бде́ть
búdet bdétʹ
1st plural (мы) бди́м
bdím		 бу́дем бде́ть
búdem bdétʹ
2nd plural (вы) бди́те
bdíte		 бу́дете бде́ть
búdete bdétʹ
3rd plural (они́) бдя́т
bdját		 бу́дут бде́ть
búdut bdétʹ
imperative singular plural
бди́
bdí		 бди́те
bdíte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) бде́л
bdél		 бде́ли
bdéli
feminine (я/ты/она́) бде́ла
bdéla
neuter (оно́) бде́ло
bdélo

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References

  • 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. (1993) “бдительный”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 80
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