къде

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde), from Proto-Slavic *kъde, and from Old Church Slavonic кѫдѣ (kǫdě), from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈdɛ]
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

къде́ • (kǎdé) (not comparable)

  1. where
    Къде́ се нами́ра автобу́сната спи́рка?
    Kǎdé se namíra avtobúsnata spírka?
    Where is the bus stop?
  2. whither

References

  • къде”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • къде”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

  • кьде (kĭde)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъde.

Adverb

къде • (kŭde)

  1. where

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

  • кдѣ (kdě), кде (kde)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊˈdɛ//kʊˈdʲɛ//ˈkdʲɛ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈdɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈdʲɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkdʲɛ/

Adverb

къде (kŭde)

  1. where
    • 1110s, Hypatian Codex:
      кд(е) есть конь мои егоже бѣхъ поставилъ. кормити и блюсти его. ѡнъ же ре(ч) умерлъ есть
      kd(je) jestĭ konĭ moi jegože běxŭ postavilŭ. kormiti i bljusti jego. onŭ že re(č) umerlŭ jestĭ
      Where is my horse, whom I had ordered to feed and praise? He said: "(The horse) is dead".

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: где (hde), кде (kde), кгде (gde)
  • Russian: где (gde), dial. каде (kade), де (de)