Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mastь

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

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*xata mòdry mastí (sense 1.1)

Etymology

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From earlier *maztь, from *mazati (to smear) +‎ *-tь.

Noun

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*mȃstь f[1][2][3]

  1. ointment
    1. color
    2. dye

Declension

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Declension of *mȃstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȃstь *mȃsti *mȃsti
genitive *mastí *mastьjù, *masťu* *mastь̀jь
dative *mȃsti *mastьmà *mȃstьmъ
accusative *mȃstь *mȃsti *mȃsti
instrumental *mastьjǫ́ *mastьmà *mastьmì
locative *mastí *mastьjù, *masťu* *mȃstьxъ
vocative *masti *mȃsti *mȃsti

* 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).

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Descendants

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See also

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Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “масть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȃstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302:f. i (c) ‘ointment’
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “maztь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 30
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mastь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:f. c fedt, farve (PR 138)