Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grędь

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

Noun

*grę̑dь f

1. Alternative form of *grę̄dà
2. landmark

Inflection

Declension of *grę̑dь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grę̑dь	*grę̑di	*grę̑di
genitive	*grędí	*grędьjù, *gręďu*	*grędь̀jь
dative	*grę̑di	*grędьmà	*grę̑dьmъ
accusative	*grę̑dь	*grę̑di	*grę̑di
instrumental	*grędьjǫ́	*grędьmà	*grędьmì
locative	*grędí	*grędьjù, *gręďu*	*grę̑dьxъ
vocative	*grędi	*grę̑di	*grę̑di

^* 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

• *grędělъ (“latch of plow”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гред (gred, “landmark within a field”) (archaic)

    ⇒ Romanian: grind (“hill”)

    ⇒ Hungarian: gerend (“mound”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręda/*grędъ/*grędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 120
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гред”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 277