Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Bъdigostь

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 the imperative form of *bъděti (“to be awake”) +‎ *gȍstь (“guest”).

Proper noun

*Bъdigostь m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of *Bъdigostь (i-stem)

	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:
  • Czech: Bdihost
  • Old Polish: Bdzigost, Bedigostius, Bedgost
    • Polish: Bydgoszcz (< *Byd(i)gostь + *-jь)

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