Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezčędьnъ
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
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bezčędьnъ | *bezčędьna | *bezčędьno |
| genitive | *bezčędьna | *bezčędьny | *bezčędьna |
| dative | *bezčędьnu | *bezčędьně | *bezčędьnu |
| accusative | *bezčędьnъ | *bezčędьnǫ | *bezčędьno |
| instrumental | *bezčędьnomь | *bezčędьnojǫ | *bezčędьnomь |
| locative | *bezčędьně | *bezčędьně | *bezčędьně |
| vocative | *bezčędьne | *bezčędьno | *bezčędьno |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bezčędьna | *bezčędьně | *bezčędьně |
| genitive | *bezčędьnu | *bezčędьnu | *bezčędьnu |
| dative | *bezčędьnoma | *bezčędьnama | *bezčędьnoma |
| accusative | *bezčędьna | *bezčędьně | *bezčędьně |
| instrumental | *bezčędьnoma | *bezčędьnama | *bezčędьnoma |
| locative | *bezčędьnu | *bezčędьnu | *bezčędьnu |
| vocative | *bezčędьna | *bezčędьně | *bezčędьně |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bezčędьni | *bezčędьny | *bezčędьna |
| genitive | *bezčędьnъ | *bezčędьnъ | *bezčędьnъ |
| dative | *bezčędьnomъ | *bezčędьnamъ | *bezčędьnomъ |
| accusative | *bezčędьny | *bezčędьny | *bezčędьna |
| instrumental | *bezčędьny | *bezčędьnami | *bezčędьny |
| locative | *bezčędьněxъ | *bezčędьnaxъ | *bezčędьněxъ |
| vocative | *bezčędьni | *bezčędьny | *bezčędьna |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bezčędьnъjь | *bezčędьnaja | *bezčędьnoje |
| genitive | *bezčędьnajego | *bezčędьnyję̇ | *bezčędьnajego |
| dative | *bezčędьnujemu | *bezčędьněji | *bezčędьnujemu |
| accusative | *bezčędьnъjь | *bezčędьnǫjǫ | *bezčędьnoje |
| instrumental | *bezčędьnyjimь | *bezčędьnǫjǫ | *bezčędьnyjimь |
| locative | *bezčędьnějemь | *bezčędьněji | *bezčędьnějemь |
| vocative | *bezčędьnъjь | *bezčędьnaja | *bezčędьnoje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bezčędьnaja | *bezčędьněji | *bezčędьněji |
| genitive | *bezčędьnuju | *bezčędьnuju | *bezčędьnuju |
| dative | *bezčędьnyjima | *bezčędьnyjima | *bezčędьnyjima |
| accusative | *bezčędьnaja | *bezčędьněji | *bezčędьněji |
| instrumental | *bezčędьnyjima | *bezčędьnyjima | *bezčędьnyjima |
| locative | *bezčędьnuju | *bezčędьnuju | *bezčędьnuju |
| vocative | *bezčędьnaja | *bezčędьněji | *bezčędьněji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *bezčędьniji | *bezčędьnyję̇ | *bezčędьnaja |
| genitive | *bezčędьnъjixъ | *bezčędьnъjixъ | *bezčędьnъjixъ |
| dative | *bezčędьnyjimъ | *bezčędьnyjimъ | *bezčędьnyjimъ |
| accusative | *bezčędьnyję̇ | *bezčędьnyję̇ | *bezčędьnaja |
| instrumental | *bezčędьnyjimi | *bezčędьnyjimi | *bezčędьnyjimi |
| locative | *bezčędьnyjixъ | *bezčędьnyjixъ | *bezčędьnyjixъ |
| vocative | *bezčędьniji | *bezčędьnyję̇ | *bezčędьnaja |
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
- Old Church Slavonic:
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