# блѧдь
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blędь (“error”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

### Noun

блѧдь • (blędĭ) f
* idle talk
** “ⰱⰾⱔⰴⰹ (line 14, leaf 155)”, in Codex Assemanius [Vat. Slav. 3]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), Vatican Library, 10xx?, page Lk:24:11:
    ⰻ ⰰⰲⰹⱎⱔ ⱄⱔ ⱂⱃⱑⰴⱐ ⱀⰻⰿⰻ· ⱑⰽⱁ ⰱⰾⱔⰴⰹ ⰳⰾ҃ⰻ ⰻⱈⱏ· ⰻ ⱀⰵ ⰻⰿⰰⰰⱈⱘ ⰲⱑⱃⱏⰻ ⰻⰿⱏ·i avišę sę prědĭ nimi· ěko blędi gl:i ixŭ· i ne imaaxǫ věry imŭ·(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* блѧдение (blędenije)
* блѧдиволюбивъ (blędivoljubivŭ)
* блѧдивъ (blędivŭ)
* блѧдословиѥ (blędoslovije)
* блѧдословьць (blędoslovĭcĭ)
* блѧдьникъ (blędĭnikŭ)
* блѧдьнъ (blędĭnŭ)
* блѧсти (blęsti)
* изблѧд (izblęd)
* изблѧсти (izblęsti)
* любоблѧдивъ (ljuboblędivŭ)

#### Related terms

* блѫдъ (blǫdŭ)

### Noun

блѧдь • (blędĭ) m
* idle talker, windbag
** Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “блѧдь”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 79.5, line 1:
    алеѯандръ рече· азъ глаголѧ се не блѧдѫ· аште ли то тебе послоушаѭ· то не тъчьѭ блѧдь ѥсмъ нъ и ѫродъ· ѫродоуѭтъ бо словеса твоꙗ·aleksandrŭ reče· azŭ glagolę se ne blędǫ· ašte li to tebe poslušajǫ· to ne tŭčĭjǫ blędĭ jesmŭ nŭ i ǫrodŭ· ǫrodujǫtŭ bo slovesa tvoja·(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: блядзь (bljadzʹ)
* → Polish: bladź
* → Russian: блядь (bljadʹ)
* → Ukrainian: блядь (bljadʹ)

### Further reading

* Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “блѧдь”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 93
* Karl Meyer (1935) “блѧдь”, in Altkirchenslavisch-griechisches Wörterbuch des Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in German), Glückstadt, Hamburg: Verlag J. J. Augustin, page 12
* Vatroslav Jagić (1883) “блѧдъ”, in Памятникъ глаголической письменности. Маріинское четвероевангеліе съ примѣчаніями и приложеніями.‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 480
* А. Востоковъ (1843) “блѧди”, in Остромирово Евангеліе 1056-57 года. Съ приложеніемъ Греческаго текста Евангелій и съ грамматическими объясненіями.‎ (in Russian), Санктпетербургъ: Типографія Императорской Академіи Наукъ, page 47

## Old Novgorodian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blędь. Cognate with Old East Slavic блѧдь (blędĭ), Russian блядь (bljadʹ), Ukrainian блядь (bljadʹ), Belarusian блядзь (bljadzʹ).

### Noun

блѧдь • (blędĭ) f
* (vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute, courtesan
** c. 1200‒1220, Грамота № 531 [Birchbark letter no. 531], Novgorod:… еи назовало еси сьтроу мою коровою и доцере блѧдею а нꙑнеца Ѳедо прьехаво оуслꙑшаво то слово и вꙑгонало сетроу мою и хотело потѧти…… jei nazovalo jesi sĭtru moju korovoju i doćere blędeju a nyneća Θedo prĭjexavo uslyšavo to slovo i vygonalo setru moju i xotelo potęti…… and called my sister a prostitute, and my daughter a whore, now Fyodor, having arrived and heard about this accusation, drove my sister out and wanted to kill …

#### Declension

* instrumental singular: блѧдью (blędĭju)

#### Related terms
### References

* 1 2 Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 712
* 1 2 “блѧдею (letter no. 531), c. 1200‒1220”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025

### Further reading

* Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “Б 98. Письма к Климяте ‒ грамоты № 725 и 531”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 414
* Artsikhovsky, A. V., Yanin, V. L., editor (1978), “Грамота № 531”, in Новгородские грамоты на бересте (1962–1976 гг.) [Novgorod letters on birchbark: 1962–1976] (in Russian), volume 7, Moscow: Nauka, page 130

## Old Ruthenian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic блѧдь (blędĭ), from Proto-Slavic *blędь. Cognate with Russian блядь (bljadʹ), Old Novgorodian блѧдь (blędĭ).

#### Noun

блѧдь • (bljadʹ) f
* (vulgar) whore, slut, prostitute, courtesan
* fatherlessness (illegitimate child)

##### Derived terms

* блѧдливость (bljadlivostʹ)
* блѧдливый (bljadlivyj)
* блѧдство (bljadstvo)
* выблѧдокъ (vybljadok)

##### Descendants

* Belarusian: блядзь (bljadzʹ), бляць (bljacʹ)
* Carpathian Rusyn: блядь (bljadʹ)
* Ukrainian: блядь (bljadʹ)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic блѧдь (blędĭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic блѧдь (blędĭ), from Proto-Slavic *blędь.

#### Noun

блѧдь • (bljadʹ) f
* lie, deception

#### Noun

блѧдь • (bljadʹ) m
* buffoon, jester, fool

##### Derived terms

* блѧ́дословство (bljádoslovstvo)
* блѧде́нїє (bljadénije)
* блѧди́вый (bljadívyj)
* блѧднѧ (bljadnja)
* блѧдосло́вець (bljadoslóvecʹ)
* блѧдосло́вити (bljadoslóviti)
* блѧдословїє (bljadoslovije)
* блѧдословный (bljadoslovnyj)
* блѧдословъ (bljadoslov)

### References

* ↑ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “блядь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 215
* 1 2 Anikin, A. E. (2009) “блядь”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 277

### Further reading

* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “блядь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 79
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1994), “блѧдь”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 2 (б – богуславецъ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 128