Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorovitъ

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 *xorъ (“dark, black”) +‎ *-ovitъ.

Adjective

*xorovitъ

1. (East Slavic) beautiful, handsome

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *xorovitъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*xorovitъ	*xorovita	*xorovito
genitive	*xorovita	*xorovity	*xorovita
dative	*xorovitu	*xorovitě	*xorovitu
accusative	*xorovitъ	*xorovitǫ	*xorovito
instrumental	*xorovitomь	*xorovitojǫ	*xorovitomь
locative	*xorovitě	*xorovitě	*xorovitě
vocative	*xorovite	*xorovito	*xorovito
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*xorovita	*xorovitě	*xorovitě
genitive	*xorovitu	*xorovitu	*xorovitu
dative	*xorovitoma	*xorovitama	*xorovitoma
accusative	*xorovita	*xorovitě	*xorovitě
instrumental	*xorovitoma	*xorovitama	*xorovitoma
locative	*xorovitu	*xorovitu	*xorovitu
vocative	*xorovita	*xorovitě	*xorovitě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*xoroviti	*xorovity	*xorovita
genitive	*xorovitъ	*xorovitъ	*xorovitъ
dative	*xorovitomъ	*xorovitamъ	*xorovitomъ
accusative	*xorovity	*xorovity	*xorovita
instrumental	*xorovity	*xorovitami	*xorovity
locative	*xorovitěxъ	*xorovitaxъ	*xorovitěxъ
vocative	*xoroviti	*xorovity	*xorovita

Definite declension of *xorovitъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*xorovitъjь	*xorovitaja	*xorovitoje
genitive	*xorovitajego	*xorovityję̇	*xorovitajego
dative	*xorovitujemu	*xorovitěji	*xorovitujemu
accusative	*xorovitъjь	*xorovitǫjǫ	*xorovitoje
instrumental	*xorovityjimь	*xorovitǫjǫ	*xorovityjimь
locative	*xorovitějemь	*xorovitěji	*xorovitějemь
vocative	*xorovitъjь	*xorovitaja	*xorovitoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*xorovitaja	*xorovitěji	*xorovitěji
genitive	*xorovituju	*xorovituju	*xorovituju
dative	*xorovityjima	*xorovityjima	*xorovityjima
accusative	*xorovitaja	*xorovitěji	*xorovitěji
instrumental	*xorovityjima	*xorovityjima	*xorovityjima
locative	*xorovituju	*xorovituju	*xorovituju
vocative	*xorovitaja	*xorovitěji	*xorovitěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*xorovitiji	*xorovityję̇	*xorovitaja
genitive	*xorovitъjixъ	*xorovitъjixъ	*xorovitъjixъ
dative	*xorovityjimъ	*xorovityjimъ	*xorovityjimъ
accusative	*xorovityję̇	*xorovityję̇	*xorovitaja
instrumental	*xorovityjimi	*xorovityjimi	*xorovityjimi
locative	*xorovityjixъ	*xorovityjixъ	*xorovityjixъ
vocative	*xorovitiji	*xorovityję̇	*xorovitaja

Related terms

• *xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”)
  • *xarati, *xariti
  • *xarobylьje n, *xarobura f
  • *xaropǫditi
• *xorъ (“dark, black”)
  • *xorxoriti (“to brag, show off; to be defiant”)
  • *xorostь (“beauty, pleasantness; convenience”)
    • *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *хоровитъ (*xorovitŭ)
    • Russian: (dialectal) хоро́витый (xoróvityj, “beautiful; kind, fine”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1973) “хоро́витый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 264