Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poxotь

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

*po- +‎ *xоtь (likely an alternative vocalism of *xъtь, *xǫtь (“desire”))

Noun

*poxotь f

1. lust

   Synonym: *lьstь

Alternative forms

• *poxota, *poxъta (a-stem)

Declension

Declension of *poxotь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*poxotь	*poxoti	*poxoti
genitive	*poxoti	*poxotьju, *poxoťu*	*poxotьjь, *poxoti*
dative	*poxoti	*poxotьma	*poxotьmъ
accusative	*poxotь	*poxoti	*poxoti
instrumental	*poxotьjǫ, *poxoťǫ*	*poxotьma	*poxotьmi
locative	*poxoti	*poxotьju, *poxoťu*	*poxotьxъ
vocative	*poxoti	*poxoti	*poxoti

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *poxъtiti (“to have a desire”)
• *poxotьnъ (“lustful”)
• *poxotьlivъ (“lustful”)

Related terms

• *xъtěti (“to will”)
  • *xъtivъ, *xъtivęstъ (“desired, admired”)
  • *oxota (“wish”)
• *xyťьnъ (“predatory”)
  • *poxytiti pf, *poxyťati impf (“to abduct”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: похоть (poxotĭ)
    • Russian: по́хоть (póxotʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: похоть (poxotʹ)
    • Ukrainian: по́хіть (póxitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: похоть (poxotĭ)
  • Bulgarian: по́хот (póhot), по́хта (póhta) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̏хота

    Latin script: pȍhota

  • Slovene: pohóta (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хоть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “похот¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 564
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “pohota”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si