Appendix:Proto-Slavic/volstь

This entry contains Proto-Slavic reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From *volsti (“to rule”) +‎ *-tь. Cognate with Lithuanian valstybė, Latvian valsts.

Noun

*volstь f

1. power, authority, rule

Declension

Declension of *volstь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*volstь	*volsti	*volsti
Accusative	*volstь	*volsti	*volsti
Genitive	*volsti	*volstьju	*volstьjь
Locative	*volsti	*volstьju	*volstьxъ
Dative	*volsti	*volstьma	*volstьmъ
Instrumental	*volstьjǫ	*volstьma	*volstьmi
Vocative	*volsti	*volsti	*volsti

Derived terms

• *obolstь

Descendants

• East Slavic: волость (volostĭ)
  • Belarusian: воласць (vólascʹ) (“county”) (obsolete)
  • Russian: во́лость (vólostʹ) (“county”) (obsolete)
  • Ukrainian: во́лость (vólostʹ) (“county”) (obsolete)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: власть (vlastĭ)
    • Russian: власть (vlastʹ)
  • Bulgarian: власт (vlast)
  • Macedonian: власт (vlast)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: вла̑ст

    Latin: vlȃst

  • Slovene: last
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlast (“homeland”)
  • Polish: włość (“small farm”)
  • Slovak: vlasť (“homeland”)