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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blęsti

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

Per Fraenkel, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blenstei, typically derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend, to stir”). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian blę̃sti (“to add ingredients and stir; to babble nonsense”), possibly Latvian bliêzt (“to struggle to perceive”).

Alternative hypotheses suggest expressive or onomatopoeic origin:

Verb

*blęstì[1][2][3]

  1. (perhaps originally) to blend words → to confuse, to perplex
  2. to talk nonsense
  3. to err, to deceive (with words)

Conjugation
Conjugation of *blęsti, *blęde, *blędetь (impf., intr., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*blędenьje *blęsti *blęstъ *blędlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive — —
Active *blędъ *blędy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *blęd(ox)ъ*blęde*blęde *blędǫ*blędeši*blędetь
Dual *blęd(ox)ově*blęd(e/os)ta*blęd(e/os)te *blędevě*blędeta*blędete
Plural *blęd(ox)omъ*blęd(e/os)te*blędǫ, *blędošę *blędemъ*blędete*blędǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *blęděaxъ*blęděaše*blęděaše —*blędi*blędi
Dual *blęděaxově*blęděašeta*blęděašete *blęděvě*blęděta—
Plural *blęděaxomъ*blęděašete*blęděaxǫ *blęděmъ*blęděte—
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlendʰ-‎ (0 c, 8 e)

Derived terms
  • *blędati (“to cause commotion, confusion”)
  • *blędь (“deception”)
    • *blędoslovьje (“blathering”), *blędina (“nonsense”)
    • *blędьnъ (“deceptive”)
  • *blędostь (“falsehood, deceptiveness”)
  • *blędìvъ(jь) (“babbling, blathering”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: блѧсти (blęsti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: блѧсти (blęsti)
      Glagolitic script: ⰱⰾⱔⱄⱅⰺ (blęsti)
      • ⇒? Bulgarian: бле́щя (bléštja, “to talk nonsense”) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: блести (obsolete)
      Latin script: blesti (obsolete)
    • Slovene: blésti
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: blésti
    • Polish: blęść (dialectal)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blęsti, *blędǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 115
  • Anikin, A. E. (2009) “блѧсти, блѧдꙋ”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 279
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бледословен, бледословя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 55
  • “blęsti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • “blodėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*blęsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 44: “v. ‘talk nonsense, err’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “blędǫ blęsti(?)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tage fejl (PR 139)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “blesti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *blęsti̋, sed. *blę̑dǫ”
  4. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “блѧсти”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 130
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