Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьstьnota

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 *čьstьnъ (“honourable”) +‎ *-otà.

Noun

*čьstьnota f

1. virtue

Declension

Declension of *čьstьnota (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čьstьnota	*čьstьnotě	*čьstьnoty
genitive	*čьstьnoty	*čьstьnotu	*čьstьnotъ
dative	*čьstьnotě	*čьstьnotama	*čьstьnotamъ
accusative	*čьstьnotǫ	*čьstьnotě	*čьstьnoty
instrumental	*čьstьnotojǫ, *čьstьnotǫ**	*čьstьnotama	*čьstьnotami
locative	*čьstьnotě	*čьstьnotu	*čьstьnotasъ, *čьstьnotaxъ*
vocative	*čьstьnoto	*čьstьnotě	*čьstьnoty

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: чесно́та (česnóta)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: cnota, czsnota
    • Polish: cnota
      • → Old Ruthenian: цно́та (cnóta)
        • Belarusian: цно́та (cnóta)
        • Ukrainian: цно́та (cnóta); сно́та (snóta) (dialectal)
  • Slovak: ctnota, cnota

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “цно́та”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 262