Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/živostь

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 *živъ (“alive”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*žȋvostь f

1. liveliness, vividness

Inflection

Declension of *živostь (i-stem, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*živostь
genitive	*živosti
dative	*živosti
accusative	*živostь
instrumental	*živostьjǫ, *živosťǫ*
locative	*živosti
vocative	*živosti

^* 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:
  • Belarusian: жы́васць (žývascʹ)
  • Russian: жи́вость (žívostʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: живост (živost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жи̏во̄ст

    Latin script: žȉvōst

  • Slovene: živọ̑st (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: živost
  • Polish: żywość
  • Lower Sorbian: žywosć