Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęstь

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęstъ

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 the same source as *kǫsati (“to bite”).

Noun

*čę̑stь f

1. part

Declension

Declension of *čę̑stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čę̑stь	*čę̑sti	*čę̑sti
genitive	*čęstí	*čęstьjù, *čęsťu*	*čęstь̀jь
dative	*čę̑sti	*čęstьmà	*čę̑stьmъ
accusative	*čę̑stь	*čę̑sti	*čę̑sti
instrumental	*čęstьjǫ́	*čęstьmà	*čęstьmì
locative	*čęstí	*čęstьjù, *čęsťu*	*čę̑stьxъ
vocative	*čęsti	*čę̑sti	*čę̑sti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *kǫsati (“to bite”)
• *kǫsъ (“piece”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чѧсть (čęstĭ), часть (častĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: часть (častʹ)
      • Belarusian: часць (čascʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: часть (častʹ)
      • Ukrainian: часть (častʹ)
    • Russian: часть (častʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: чѧсть (čęstĭ)
    • Bulgarian: част (čast)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: че̑ст, ⇒ чѐстица

    Latin script: čȇst, ⇒ čèstica

  • Slovene:
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čiest, čěst
    • Czech: část
  • Old Polish: część
    • Polish: część
    • Silesian: czyńść
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: czãsc
  • Old Slovak: časť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: часц (časc)
    • Slovak: časť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: časć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “часть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress