Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęžestь

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 *tęžьkъ (“heavy”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*tęžestь f

1. burden, heaviness

Declension

Declension of *tęžestь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tęžestь	*tęžesti	*tęžesti
genitive	*tęžesti	*tęžestьju, *tęžesťu*	*tęžestьjь, *tęžesti*
dative	*tęžesti	*tęžestьma	*tęžestьmъ
accusative	*tęžestь	*tęžesti	*tęžesti
instrumental	*tęžestьjǫ, *tęžesťǫ*	*tęžestьma	*tęžestьmi
locative	*tęžesti	*tęžestьju, *tęžesťu*	*tęžestьxъ
vocative	*tęžesti	*tęžesti	*tęžesti

^* 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:
  • Old East Slavic: тѧ́жесть (tę́žestĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: тѧ́жесть (tjážestʹ)
    • Russian: тя́жесть (tjážestʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: тѧжесть (tęžestĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱅⱔⰶⰵⱄⱅⱐ (tęžestĭ)

  • Bulgarian: те́жест (téžest)

Further reading

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “тежест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 890