Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milostь
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilastis, from Proto-Indo-European *meyHlostis. Morphologically from *milъ + *-ostь. Cognate with Lithuanian mielastis.
Noun edit
*milostь f
Declension edit
Declension of *milostь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *milostь | *milosti | *milosti |
| genitive | *milosti | *milostьju, *milosťu* | *milostьjь, *milosti* |
| dative | *milosti | *milostьma | *milostьmъ |
| accusative | *milostь | *milosti | *milosti |
| instrumental | *milostьjǫ, *milosťǫ* | *milostьma | *milostьmi |
| locative | *milosti | *milostьju, *milosťu* | *milostьxъ |
| vocative | *milosti | *milosti | *milosti |
* 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:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*milostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 39