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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běditi

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

Presumably from *běda (“trouble, calamity”) +‎ *-iti, with some of the meanings possibly from an alternative origin. Trubachev considers a convergence of proper *běditi (“to defeat, to compel”) from *běda and secondary *bisti/*biditi → *běditi (“to persuade, to exhort”) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to persuade”) (attested in Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō, “to convice, to pursuade”)).

Considered in the past (by Hirt, Meillet) a borrowing from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (baidjan, “to compel”), but per Vasmer more likely just a cognate.

Verb

*bě̄dìti impf[1][2]

  1. to defeat, to bring calamity
  2. to compel, to coerce, to make to oblige
    Synonym: *prinuditi
  3. to persuade, to exhort, to talk someone into (in South Slavic) (possibly a separate verb)
    Synonym: *sъvěťati
  4. to accuse, to slander, to badmouth (in South Slavic) (possibly a separate verb)
    Synonyms: *klevetiti, *zъlosloviti

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *naběditi pf, *naběděvati/*naběďavati impf (“to defame, to slender, to calumniate”)
  • *poběditi pf, *poěďavati impf (“to defeat”)
  • *uběditi pf, *uběďavati impf (“to convince, to persuade”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: беди́ть (bedítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: біди́ти (bidýty, “to cuss”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: бѣдити (běditi, “to persuade, to force”)
    • Bulgarian: бедя́ (bedjá, “to accuse, to slander; to persuade, to exhort”)
    • Macedonian: беди (bedi, “to slander”)
    • Serbo-Croatian: bijèditi
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bíditi, běditi (obsolete)
    • Old Polish: biedzić
      • Polish: biedzić (“to trouble smb or oneself”)
    • Slovak: biediť

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bě̄dìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39: “v. (b)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bědjǫ -iti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c sejre (PR 139)”
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