Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezdъždžьje

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- (“without”) +‎ *dъ̀ždžь (“rain”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*bezdъždžьje n

  1. rainlessness, drought

Declension

Declension of *bezdъždžьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bezdъždžьje *bezdъždžьji *bezdъždžьja
genitive *bezdъždžьja *bezdъždžьju *bezdъždžьjь
dative *bezdъždžьju *bezdъždžьjema *bezdъždžьjemъ
accusative *bezdъždžьje *bezdъždžьji *bezdъždžьja
instrumental *bezdъždžьjьmь, *bezdъždžьjemь* *bezdъždžьjema *bezdъždžьji
locative *bezdъždžьji *bezdъždžьju *bezdъždžьjixъ
vocative *bezdъždžьje *bezdъždžьji *bezdъždžьja

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *бездъжджье (*bezdŭždžĭje)
      • Old Ruthenian: бездожджьє (bezdoždžʹje), бездожчьє (bezdožčʹje)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: бездажджо́ўе (bjezdaždžóŭje)
        • Ukrainian: бездо́жжа (bezdóžža) (dialectal); ⇒ бездощів'я (bezdoščivʺja)
      • Russian: бездо́жье (bezdóžʹje)
    • Old Novgorodian: беꙁдъжгьѥ (beźdŭźgĭje) (Old Pskovian)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⰱⰵⰸⰴⱏⰶⰴⰻⰵ (bezdŭždie)
      Old Cyrillic script: бездъждиѥ (bezdŭždije)
      • Bulgarian: бездъ́ждие (bezdǎ́ždie)
      • → Old East Slavic: бездъждие (bezdŭždije)
        • Old Ruthenian: бездождїє (bezdoždije)
        • Russian: бездо́ждье (bezdóždʹje), бездождие (bezdoždije)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezdъždžьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 24
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