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

*xata mòdry mastí (sense 1.1)

Etymology

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

Noun

*mȃstь f

1. ointment
   2. → color
   4. → dye

Declension

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).

Derived terms

nouns

• *mastьnica f
• *mastъka f

verbs

• *mastiti impf

adjectives

• *mastistъjь
• *mastitъ
• *mastьnъ
• *mastъkъjь

Related terms

nouns

• *mazačь m
• *mazadlo m
• *mazajь m
• *mazakъ m
• *mazanica f
• *mazanьcь m
• *mazanъka f
• *mazějь m
• *mazica f
• *mazidlo n
• *mazika f
• *mazikъ m
• *mazivo n
• *mazь f
• *mazьba f
• *mazьje n
• *mazьna f
• *mazьnica f
• *mazьnikъ m
• *mazьnina f
• *maztidlьnica f
• *maztidlьnikъ m
• *maztidlo n
• *mazuľa f
• *mazuna f
• *mazunъ m
• *mazura f
• *mazurъ m
• *mazuxa f
• *mazъ m
• *mazъka m
• *mazъkъ m

verbs

• *mazanьje impf
• *mazьliti impf
• *maznǫti pf

adjectives

• *mazavъ
• *mazьlavъjь
• *mazьnъ
• *mazǫta
• *mazǫtъ
• *maztidlьna
• *mazъkъjь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: масть (mastĭ)
    • Belarusian: масць (mascʹ)
    • Russian: масть (mastʹ)
    • Ukrainian: масть (mastʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: масть (mastĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⰰⱄⱅⱐ (mastĭ)

  • Bulgarian: маст (mast)
  • Macedonian: маст (mast)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма̑ст

    Latin script: mȃst

  • Slovene: mȃst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: masc
  • Old Czech: mast
    • Czech: mast
  • Old Polish: maść
    • Polish: maść; maźć (obsolete); maś (dialectal)
  • Old Slovak: masť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: масц (masc)
    • Slovak: masť
  • Slovincian: masc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: masć (dated)

See also

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

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