Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gořestь

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *gorьkъ (“bitter”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun edit

*gořestь f

bitterness
(by abstraction) sorrow, grief

Declension edit

Declension of *gořestь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gořestь	*gořesti	*gořesti
genitive	*gořesti	gořestьju, gořesťu^*	gořestьjь, gořesti^*
dative	*gořesti	*gořestьma	*gořestьmъ
accusative	*gořestь	*gořesti	*gořesti
instrumental	gořestьjǫ, gořesťǫ^*	*gořestьma	*gořestьmi
locative	*gořesti	gořestьju, gořesťu^*	*gořestьxъ
vocative	*gořesti	*gořesti	*gořesti

^* 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 edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: го́ресть (górestĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: го́ресть (hórestʹ)
    - Belarusian: го́рaсць (hórascʹ)
    - Ukrainian: го́рiсть (hóristʹ)
  - Russian: го́ресть (górestʹ); го́ресь (góresʹ), го́рость (górostʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: гор҄есть (gorʹestĭ), горѥсть (gorjestĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰳⱁⱃⰵⱄⱅⱐ (gorestĭ)
  - Church Slavonic: горесть (gorestĭ) (Russian recension)
- Bulgarian: го́рест (górest)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: го̏ре̄ст (obsolete)
  
  Latin script: gȍrēst (obsolete)
- Slovene: gorȇst (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: horesť
- Polish: gorzyść (dialectal)