Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čistostь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *čistъ (“clean, pure”) + *-ostь (“-ness”).
Noun
edit*čistostь f
Declension
editDeclension of *čistostь (i-stem, uncountable)
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | *čistostь |
genitive | *čistosti |
dative | *čistosti |
accusative | *čistostь |
instrumental | *čistostьjǫ, *čistosťǫ* |
locative | *čistosti |
vocative | *čistosti |
* 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).
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čistostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 120
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čistostь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 211