Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/naděja

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 *nadějati, from *na +‎ *dějati.

Noun

*naděja f

1. hope

   Synonym: *nadeďa

Declension

Declension of *naděja (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*naděja	*naději	*naděję̇
genitive	*naděję̇	*naděju	*nadějь
dative	*naději	*nadějama	*nadějamъ
accusative	*nadějǫ	*naději	*naděję̇
instrumental	*nadějejǫ, *nadějǫ**	*nadějama	*nadějami
locative	*naději	*naděju	*nadějasъ, *nadějaxъ*
vocative	*naděje	*naději	*naděję̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Derived Terms

• *nadějьnъ (“hopeful”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: надѣꙗ (naděja)
    • Old Ruthenian: надѣꙗ (naděja)
      • Belarusian: надзе́я (nadzjéja)
      • Ukrainian: наді́я (nadíja)
    • Russian: наде́я (nadéja) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: надѣꙗ (naděja)
  • Slovene: nȃdeja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nadějě
    • Czech: naděje
  • Old Polish: nadzieja
    • Masurian: nádżieja
    • Polish: nadzieja
    • Silesian: nadzieja
  • Slovak: nádej
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: nôdzeja
    • Slovincian: nodzêja
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: nadźija
    • Lower Sorbian: naźeja

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*naděja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 235