дѣдъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⰴⱑⰴⱏ (dědŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dědъ.

Noun

дѣдъ • (dědŭ) m

1. grandfather
   • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:

     Оумьръшоу же отьцоу ѥго, Братиславоу, поставишѧ Чеси кънѧза Вѧщеслава на столѣ дѣдьн҄и.

     Umĭrŭšu že otĭcu jego, Bratislavu, postavišę Česi kŭnęza Vęšteslava na stolě dědĭnʹi.

     And when his father Bratislav died, the Czechs established Venceslav as prince upon his grandfather's throne.

2. ancestor

Declension

Declension of дѣдъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	дѣдъ dědŭ	дѣда děda	дѣди dědi
genitive	дѣда děda	дѣдоу dědu	дѣдъ dědŭ
dative	дѣдоу, дѣдови dědu, dědovi	дѣдома dědoma	дѣдомъ dědomŭ
accusative	дѣдъ, дѣда dědŭ, děda	дѣда děda	дѣдꙑ dědy
instrumental	дѣдомъ dědomŭ	дѣдома dědoma	дѣдꙑ dědy
locative	дѣдѣ dědě	дѣдоу dědu	дѣдѣхъ děděxŭ
vocative	дѣде děde	дѣда děda	дѣди dědi

See also

отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”)	Male	Female
parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ)	отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”)	мати (mati, “mother”)
sibling	братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”)	сестра (sestra, “sister”)
child	сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”)	дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”)
grandparent	дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”)	баба (baba, “grandmother”)
grandchild	въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”)	– (“granddaughter”)
great-grandparent	прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”)	– (“great-grandmother”)
mother's sibling	оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”)	– (“maternal aunt”)
father's sibling	стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”)	– (“paternal aunt”)
sibling's child	братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”)	братана (bratana, “niece”)
cousin	братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”)	братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”)
spouse	мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”)	жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”)
parent of wife	тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”)	тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”)	свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of husband	дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)
stepchild	пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”)	– (“stepdaughter”)
step-parent	отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”)	мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”)

Old Church Slavic family terms

References

• Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Russian

Noun

дѣдъ • (děd) m anim (genitive дѣ́да, nominative plural дѣ́ды, genitive plural дѣ́довъ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of дед (ded).

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	дѣ́дъ dě́d	дѣ́ды dě́dy
genitive	дѣ́да dě́da	дѣ́довъ dě́dov
dative	дѣ́ду dě́du	дѣ́дамъ dě́dam
accusative	дѣ́да dě́da	дѣ́довъ dě́dov
instrumental	дѣ́домъ dě́dom	дѣ́дами dě́dami
prepositional	дѣ́дѣ dě́dě	дѣ́дахъ dě́dax

Pre-reform declension of дѣдъ (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)