Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/naděja

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 *nadějati, from *na +‎ *dějati.

Noun

*naděja f

hope
Synonym: *nadeďa

Declension

Declension of *naděja (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*naděja	*naději	*naděję̇
genitive	*naděję̇	*naděju	*nadějь
dative	*naději	*nadějama	*nadějamъ
accusative	*nadějǫ	*naději	*naděję̇
instrumental	nadějejǫ, nadějǫ^**	*nadějama	*nadějami
locative	*naději	*naděju	nadějasъ, nadějaxъ^*
vocative	*naděje	*naději	*naděję̇

^* -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).

Derived Terms

*nadějьnъ (“hopeful”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: надѣꙗ (naděja)
  - Old Ruthenian: надѣꙗ (naděja)
    - Belarusian: надзе́я (nadzjéja)
    - Ukrainian: наді́я (nadíja)
      - → Pannonian Rusyn: надїя (nadjija)
  - Russian: наде́я (nadéja) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: надѣꙗ (naděja)
- Slovene: nȃdeja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nadějě
  - Czech: naděje
- Old Polish: nadzieja
  - Polish: nadzieja
  - Silesian: nadzieja
- Slovak: nádej
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: nôdzeja
  - Slovincian: nodzêja
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: nadźija
  - Lower Sorbian: naźeja

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*naděja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 235