Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mastь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From *mazati (“to smear”) + *-tь.
NounEdit
DeclensionEdit
Declension of *mȃstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mȃstь | *mȃsti | *mȃsti |
| Accusative | *mȃstь | *mȃsti | *mȃsti |
| Genitive | *mastí | *mastьjù, *masťu* | *mastь̀jь |
| Locative | *mastí | *mastьjù, *masťu* | *mȃstьxъ |
| Dative | *mȃsti | *mastьmà | *mȃstьmъ |
| Instrumental | *mastьjǫ́ | *mastьmà | *mastьmì |
| 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).
Related termsEdit
- *maslo (“oil, butter”)
- *mazati (“to oil, annoint, smear”)
- *mazь (“grease, ointment”)
- *mazъ (“grease, ointment”)
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further readingEdit
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “масть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “mastь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c fedt, farve (PR 138)”