Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krotostь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *krotъkъ (“meek”) + *-ostь.
Noun
edit*krotostь f
Inflection
editDeclension of *krotostь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *krotostь | *krotosti | *krotosti |
genitive | *krotosti | *krotostьju, *krotosťu* | *krotostьjь, *krotosti* |
dative | *krotosti | *krotostьma | *krotostьmъ |
accusative | *krotostь | *krotosti | *krotosti |
instrumental | *krotostьjǫ, *krotosťǫ* | *krotostьma | *krotostьmi |
locative | *krotosti | *krotostьju, *krotosťu* | *krotostьxъ |
vocative | *krotosti | *krotosti | *krotosti |
* 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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: krotość (obsolete)
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krotostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 18