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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vada

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 1

Action noun of *vaditi (“to argue, to accuse, to hamper”) +‎ *-a.

West Slavic meaning is derived from the figurative “slander, defamation” → “flaw”. Similar semantic shift is observed with synonymous *porokъ (in East, South Slavic).

Noun

*vada f

  1. argument, quarrel, scuffle
    Synonyms: *svara, *dręzga
  2. (figurative, abstract) accusation, slander
    Synonyms: *kleveta, *xula, *porokъ
  3. (by extension) defect, flaw (West Slavic)
Declension
Derived terms
  • *dovada
  • *obada (“slander”)
  • *sъvada (“brawl, scuffle”)
  • *zavada
  • *vadьba
  • *vadьnъ (adjective)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Belarusian: вада (vada, “slander”)
      • Belarusian: ва́да (váda, “defect”)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: ва́дка (vádka, “scuffle, brawl”)
    • Russian: ва́да (váda, “scuffle”)
      • ⇒ Russian: ва́дьба (vádʹba, “accusation”)
    • Rusyn: сва́да (sváda, “argument, quarrel, scuffle”)
    • Ukrainian: ва́да (váda, “defect”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: вада (vada, “accusation”)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

Etymology 2

Action noun of *vaditi (“to pull, to tug”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*vàda f[1]

  1. conduct, endeavour
    Coordinate terms: *vodъ, *vedenьje, *vadežь
Alternative forms
  • *vaďa (ja-stem, < *vaďati +‎ *-a)
Declension
Derived terms
  • *navada (“habit, conduct”)
  • *povada (“habit”)
  • *zavada (“exercise”)
Descendants

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vaja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “iz *va̋d'a oz. *va̋da”

Further reading

  • Anikin, A. E. (2011), “вада I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 317

Etymology 3

Unclear:

Noun

*vàda f

  1. irrigation channel, duct
  2. source of water
Declension
Derived terms
  • *vadišče (augmentative)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: ва́да (váda, “puddle, body of water”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: ва́дега (vádega), ва́дига (vádiga)
    • Ukrainian: ва́да (váda, “groove”) (possibly from Romanian)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

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