Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věčьnostь

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

Etymology

From *věčьnъ (“eternal”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*věčьnostь f

1. eternity

Inflection

Declension of *věčьnostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*věčьnostь	*věčьnosti	*věčьnosti
genitive	*věčьnosti	*věčьnostьju, *věčьnosťu*	*věčьnostьjь, *věčьnosti*
dative	*věčьnosti	*věčьnostьma	*věčьnostьmъ
accusative	*věčьnostь	*věčьnosti	*věčьnosti
instrumental	*věčьnostьjǫ, *věčьnosťǫ*	*věčьnostьma	*věčьnostьmi
locative	*věčьnosti	*věčьnostьju, *věčьnosťu*	*věčьnostьxъ
vocative	*věčьnosti	*věčьnosti	*věčьnosti

^* 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

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ве́чнасць (vjéčnascʹ)
  • Russian: ве́чность (véčnostʹ)
  • Ukrainian: ві́чність (víčnistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ве́чност (véčnost)
  • Macedonian: вечност (večnost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ве̏чно̄ст, вје̏чно̄ст

    Latin script: vȅčnōst, vjȅčnōst

  • Slovene: večnost (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: věčnost
  • Polish: wieczność
  • Slovak: večnosť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wěčnosć
    • Lower Sorbian: wěcnosć

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “век”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 129