Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytrostь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *xytrъ (“cunning”) + *-ostь.
Noun
edit*xytrostь f[1]
Inflection
editDeclension of *xytrostь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *xytrostь | *xytrosti | *xytrosti |
genitive | *xytrosti | *xytrostьju, *xytrosťu* | *xytrostьjь, *xytrosti* |
dative | *xytrosti | *xytrostьma | *xytrostьmъ |
accusative | *xytrostь | *xytrosti | *xytrosti |
instrumental | *xytrostьjǫ, *xytrosťǫ* | *xytrostьma | *xytrostьmi |
locative | *xytrosti | *xytrostьju, *xytrosťu* | *xytrostьxъ |
vocative | *xytrosti | *xytrosti | *xytrosti |
* 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:
- Russian: хи́трость (xítrostʹ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytrostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 162