Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Bъdigostь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From the imperative form of *bъděti (“to be awake”) + *gȍstь (“guest”).
Proper noun
*Bъdigostь m
- a male given name
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *Bъdigostь | *Bъdigosti | *Bъdigostьje, *Bъdigosťe* |
| genitive | *Bъdigosti | *Bъdigostьju, *Bъdigosťu* | *Bъdigostьjь, *Bъdigosti* |
| dative | *Bъdigosti | *Bъdigostьma | *Bъdigostьmъ |
| accusative | *Bъdigostь | *Bъdigosti | *Bъdigosti |
| instrumental | *Bъdigostьmь | *Bъdigostьma | *Bъdigostьmi |
| locative | *Bъdigosti | *Bъdigostьju, *Bъdigosťu* | *Bъdigostьxъ |
| vocative | *Bъdigosti | *Bъdigosti | *Bъdigostьje, *Bъdigosťe* |
* 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).
Related terms
- *Boljegostъ
- *Dobrogostь
- *Gostislavъ
- *Gostomyslъ
- *Ljubigostь
- *Ljubogostь
- *Milogostъ, *Milъgostъ
Descendants
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъdigostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 110