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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žęďa

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *žędati (“to wish, desire”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*žę̃ďa f [1]

  1. thirst
  2. craving, yearning, wish, desire
    Synonym: *žeľa

Declension
Declension of *žę̃ďa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *žę̃ďa *žę̃ďi *žę̃ďę̇
Accusative *žę̃ďǫ *žę̃ďi *žę̃ďę̇
Genitive *žę̃ďę̇ *žę̃ďu *žę̃ďь
Locative *žę̃ďi *žę̃ďu *žę̃ďasъ, *žę̃ďaxъ*
Dative *žę̃ďi *žę̃ďama *žę̃ďamъ
Instrumental *žę̃ďejǫ, *žę̃ďǫ** *žę̃ďama *žę̃ďamī
Vocative *žęďe *žę̃ďi *žę̃ďę̇
* -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).

Alternative forms

See also
  • *smaga

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жажа (žaža)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: *žáda, žieze, žiezě (Loc.)
    • Old Polish: żądzá
    • Slovak: žiadza

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жа́жда”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “жажда”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 290
  • Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “жѧжда”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 222
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), “жажа”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 840
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žę́dja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 560
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