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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/besěda

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

From *bez (“outside”) + the root of *sěděti (“to sit”).

Noun

*besě̀da m[1][2][3]

  1. (originally) sitting outdoors (at night)
  2. an outdoor gathering
  3. conversation, speech (at such a gathering)

Inflection
Declension of *besě̀da (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *besě̀da *besě̀dě *besě̀dy
Accusative *besě̀dǫ *besě̀dě *besě̀dy
Genitive *besě̀dy *besě̀du *besě̀dъ
Locative *besě̀dě *besě̀du *besě̀dasъ, *besě̀daxъ*
Dative *besě̀dě *besě̀dama *besě̀damъ
Instrumental *besě̀dojǫ, *besě̀dǭ** *besě̀dama *besě̀damī
Vocative *besě̀do *besě̀dě *besě̀dy
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

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Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 6: “*besẹ̋da”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “besěda -y”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “besẹ̑da”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*besě̋da”
  4. Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “беседа”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 283
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