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In Slovenian beseda<\/strong> [b\u025b\u02c8s\u00e9\u02d0da] is the word for word or term.<\/p>\n Some expressions featuring beseda<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n – besedna igra = wordplay, pun, play on words This comes from the Proto-Slavic *bes\u011bda<\/em>, which originally meant sitting outdoors (at night), then an outdoor gathering, or a conversation or speech at such a gathering. <\/p>\n *bes\u011bda<\/em> comes from *bez<\/em> (outside) and *s\u011bd\u011bti<\/em> (to sit). <\/p>\n In other Slavic languages the same root became:<\/p>\n – Belarusian: \u0431\u044f\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0430 (bjasjeda) = banquet Words for word in other Slavic languages include:<\/p>\n – Belarusian: \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 (slova) Slovo<\/strong>, and variations, comes from the Proto-Slavic *slovo<\/em> (word), from the Proto-Indo-European *\u1e31l\u00e9wos<\/em> (fame), which is also the root of the Welsh clyw<\/em> (hearing), the Irish cl\u00fa<\/em> (honour, praise, fame), the Latvian slava<\/em> (rumor, reputation, fame), and the Greek \u03ba\u03bb\u03ad\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> (kl\u00e9os – renown, fame, honour).<\/p>\n Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, PONS<\/a>, dict.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Slovenian beseda [b\u025b\u02c8s\u00e9\u02d0da] is the word for word or term. Some expressions featuring beseda include: – besedna igra = wordplay, pun, play on words – brez besed = speechless (with shock etc.) – \u010dastna beseda = word of honour – dati \u010dastno besedo = to give one’s word – dr\u017eal te bom za besedo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,98,99,104,107,118,127,10,16,21,39,45,52,57,60,61,75,77,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulgarian","category-croatian","category-czech","category-english","category-etymology","category-greek","category-irish","category-language","category-latvian","category-macedonian","category-polish","category-proto-indo-european","category-russian","category-serbian","category-slovak","category-slovenian","category-ukrainian","category-welsh","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– brez besed = speechless (with shock etc.)
\n– \u010dastna beseda = word of honour
\n– dati \u010dastno besedo = to give one’s word
\n– dr\u017eal te bom za besedo = I am going to take you at your word
\n– mo\u017e beseda = man of hono(u)r
\n– z besedo na dan! = spit it out! let the cat out (of the bag)!<\/p>\n
\n– Russian: \u0431\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0430 (bes\u00e9da) = conversation, talk, discussion
\n– Ukrainian: \u0431\u0435\u0441\u0456\u0434\u0430 (besida) = talk, conversation, discussion
\n– Bulgarian: \u0431\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0430 (bes\u00e9da) = talk, conversation
\n– Macedonian: \u0431\u0435\u0441\u0435\u0434\u0430 (beseda) = speech, oration, sermon
\n– Serbo-Croatian: \u0431\u0435\u0441\u0458\u0435\u0434\u0430 \/ besjeda = speech, word (archaic)
\n– Czech: beseda = discussion
\n– Slovak: beseda = discussion
\n– Polish: biesiada = feast, banquet<\/p>\n
\n– Russian: \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e (slovo)
\n– Ukrainian: \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e (slovo)
\n– Bulgarian: \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430 (duma); \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e (slovo)
\n– Macedonian: \u0437\u0431\u043e\u0440 (zbor)
\n– Serbian: \u0440\u0435\u0447 (re\u010d)
\n– Croatian: rije
\n– Czech: slovo
\n– Slovak: slovo
\n– Polish: s\u0142owo<\/p>\n