Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bajьda

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

By surface analysis, *bàjati +‎ *-ьda.

Noun

*bajьda f[1]

  1. chatterbox, idle talker

Inflection

Declension of *bajьda (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bajьda *bajьdě *bajьdy
genitive *bajьdy *bajьdu *bajьdъ
dative *bajьdě *bajьdama *bajьdamъ
accusative *bajьdǫ *bajьdě *bajьdy
instrumental *bajьdojǫ, *bajьdǫ** *bajьdama *bajьdami
locative *bajьdě *bajьdu *bajьdasъ, *bajьdaxъ*
vocative *bajьdo *bajьdě *bajьdy

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: байда́ (bajdá); ⇒ ба́йдать (bájdatʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ба́йда (bájda); ⇒ ба́йдати (bájdaty)
  • West Slavic:
    • ⇒ Czech: bajdat (dialectal)
    • Polish: bajda; ⇒ bajdać
    • Pomeranian:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bajьda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 140
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