Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brediti

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

Cognate with Lithuanian brẽdyti (“to chatter, deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodnó- (“to rove, to wander”)

Verb

*brediti^[1]

to rave

Inflection

Conjugation of *brediti, *bredi, *breditь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*breďenьje	*brediti	*breditъ	*bredilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*breďenъ	*bredimъ
Active	*breďь	*bredę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*bredixъ	*bredi	*bredi	*breďǫ	*brediši	*breditь
Dual	*bredixově	*bredista	*brediste	*bredivě	*bredita	*bredite
Plural	*bredixomъ	*brediste	*bredišę	*bredimъ	*bredite	*bredętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*breďaaxъ	*breďaaše	*breďaaše	—	*bredi	*bredi
Dual	*breďaaxově	*breďaašeta	*breďaašete	*bredivě	*bredita	—
Plural	*breďaaxomъ	*breďaašete	*breďaaxǫ	*bredimъ	*bredite	—

(*)*bredivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: бре́дить (bréditʹ)
- Ukrainian: бредити (bredyty)
West Slavic:
- Czech: bředit (dialectal, reflexive)
- Polish: brzedzić (obsolete)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brediti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61: “v. ‘rave’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brediti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61: “v. ‘rave’”

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