Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jarostь

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 *jarъ +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*jarostь f

1. fury

Inflection

Declension of *jarostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jarostь	*jarosti	*jarosti
genitive	*jarosti	*jarostьju, *jarosťu*	*jarostьjь, *jarosti*
dative	*jarosti	*jarostьma	*jarostьmъ
accusative	*jarostь	*jarosti	*jarosti
instrumental	*jarostьjǫ, *jarosťǫ*	*jarostьma	*jarostьmi
locative	*jarosti	*jarostьju, *jarosťu*	*jarostьxъ
vocative	*jarosti	*jarosti	*jarosti

^* 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:
  • Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́рость (járostʹ)
    • Belarusian: я́расць (járascʹ)
    • Ukrainian: я́рість (járistʹ)
  • Russian: я́рость (járostʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ꙗрость (jarostĭ)

  • Bulgarian: я́рост (járost)
  • Macedonian: ја́рост (járost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ја́ро̑ст

    Latin script: járȏst

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jarost
  • Polish: jarość
  • Slovak: jarosť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: jěrosć
    • Lower Sorbian: jarosć (obsolete)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jarostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 177