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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezčędьnъ

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- + *čędo + *-ьnъ, possibly calque of Ancient Greek ἄτεκνος (áteknos), from ἀ- (a-, without) + τέκνον (téknon, child), in the sense of "not bearing fruit".

Adjective

*bezčędьnъ

  1. childless
  2. barren, infertile
  3. fruitless, unproductive

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: бесча́дный (besčádnyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: бещѧдьнъ (beštędĭnŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰱⰵⱋⱔⰴⱐⱀⱏ (beštędĭnŭ)
    • Bulgarian: безче́ден (bezčéden)
    • Macedonian: бесчеден (besčeden)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бѐшчедан
      Latin script: bèščedan

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezčędьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 15
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