бдеть

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic бъдѣти (bŭděti, to be awake), from Proto-Slavic *bъděti (to be awake), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *budḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bdʲetʲ]
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Verb

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бдеть (bdetʹimpf

  1. (dated) to be awake, not sleep
    Synonym: бо́дрствовать (bódrstvovatʹ)
  2. (literary, dated) to keep watch, to keep vigil

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бдеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “бдительный”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 80