Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezvěstь

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 *bez- +‎ *věstь.

Noun

*bezvěstь f

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Declension

Declension of *bezvěstь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bezvěstь	*bezvěsti	*bezvěsti
genitive	*bezvěsti	*bezvěstьju, *bezvěsťu*	*bezvěstьjь, *bezvěsti*
dative	*bezvěsti	*bezvěstьma	*bezvěstьmъ
accusative	*bezvěstь	*bezvěsti	*bezvěsti
instrumental	*bezvěstьjǫ, *bezvěsťǫ*	*bezvěstьma	*bezvěstьmi
locative	*bezvěsti	*bezvěstьju, *bezvěsťu*	*bezvěstьxъ
vocative	*bezvěsti	*bezvěsti	*bezvěsti

^* 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: бе́звість (bézvistʹ)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezvěstь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 51