Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blǫdati

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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

Either archaic factitive from *blęsti (to confuse, to blather) (1sg. *blędǫ) +‎ *-ati or denominal from *blǫdъ (delusion), *blǫda (moral or physical degradation) +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*blǫdati impf

  1. Alternative form of *blędati (to be delirious)
    → to sleeptalk, to rave
    Synonyms: *brediti, *bьlnovati

Conjugation

See also

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бъ́лдам (bǎ́ldam), блъда́я (blǎdája) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: блада (blada); бланда (blanda) (in Western Rupian dialects)
    • Romanian: blândă (nettle-rash) (possibly)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blǫdati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114