Old Church Slavonic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Noun edit

дѣдъ (dědŭm

  1. grandfather
    • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
      Оумьръшоу же отьцоу ѥго, Братиславоу, поставишѧ Чеси кънѧза Вѧщеслава на столѣ дѣдьн҄и.
      Umĭrŭšu že otĭcu jego, Bratislavu, postavišę Česi kŭnęza Vęšteslava na stolě dědĭnʹi.
      And when his father Bratislav died, the Czechs established Venceslav as prince upon his grandfather's throne.
  2. ancestor

Declension edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Russian edit

Noun edit

дѣдъ (dědm anim (genitive дѣ́да, nominative plural дѣ́ды, genitive plural дѣ́довъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of дед (ded).

Declension edit