Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъčęstьje

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *sъ- (“good”) +‎ *čęstь (“part; lot”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*sъčęstьje n

1. happiness

Inflection

Declension of *sъčęstьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъčęstьje	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьja
genitive	*sъčęstьja	*sъčęstьju	*sъčęstьjь
dative	*sъčęstьju	*sъčęstьjema	*sъčęstьjemъ
accusative	*sъčęstьje	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьja
instrumental	*sъčęstьjьmь, *sъčęstьjemь*	*sъčęstьjema	*sъčęstьji
locative	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьju	*sъčęstьjixъ
vocative	*sъčęstьje	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: съчѧстиѥ (sŭčęstije), съчастиѥ (sŭčastije), съчастие (sŭčastie)
    • Belarusian: шча́сце (ščáscje)
    • Russian: сча́стье (sčástʹje)
      • → Bulgarian: ща́стие (štástie)
    • Ukrainian: ща́стя (ščástja)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: szczescé
  • Old Czech: sčěstie
    • Czech: štěstí
  • Old Polish: szczęście, szczeście
    • Masurian: scénszczie, sceszczie
    • Polish: szczęście
    • Silesian: szczyńście
  • Old Slovak: šťastie
    • Pannonian Rusyn: щесце (ščesce)
    • Slovak: šťastie

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “счастье”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “съчастиѥ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 864
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “щастя”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka