Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezdušьnъ

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.

From *bezduxъ +‎ *-ьnъ, or from *bez- (“without”) +‎ *duxъ (“spirit”) +‎ *-ьnъ, possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἄψυχος (ápsukhos).

*bezdušьnъ

1. soulless, heartless

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бездушьнъ (bezdušĭnŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: бездушный (bezdušnyj)
      • Belarusian: бязду́шны (bjazdúšny)
      • Ukrainian: безду́шний (bezdúšnyj)
    • Russian: безду́шный (bezdúšnyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: бездоушьнъ (bezdušĭnŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⰵⰸⰴⱆⱎⱐⱀⱏ (bezdušĭnŭ)

    • Bulgarian: безду́шен (bezdúšen)
    • Macedonian: бе́здушен (bézdušen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бѐздушан

    Latin script: bèzdušan

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bezdušný
    • Czech: bezdušný
  • Polish: bezduszny
  • Slovak: bezdušný
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bjezdušny

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezdušьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 20