Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věrьnostь

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 *věrьnъ (“loyal”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*věrьnostь f

1. loyalty

Inflection

Declension of *věrьnostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*věrьnostь	*věrьnosti	*věrьnosti
genitive	*věrьnosti	*věrьnostьju, *věrьnosťu*	*věrьnostьjь, *věrьnosti*
dative	*věrьnosti	*věrьnostьma	*věrьnostьmъ
accusative	*věrьnostь	*věrьnosti	*věrьnosti
instrumental	*věrьnostьjǫ, *věrьnosťǫ*	*věrьnostьma	*věrьnostьmi
locative	*věrьnosti	*věrьnostьju, *věrьnosťu*	*věrьnostьxъ
vocative	*věrьnosti	*věrьnosti	*věrьnosti

^* 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 Ruthenian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ)
    • Belarusian: ве́рнасць (vjérnascʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ві́рність (vírnistʹ)
  • Russian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: вя́рност (vjárnost)
  • Macedonian: верност (vernost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ве́рно̄ст, вје́рно̄ст

    Latin script: vérnōst, vjérnōst

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: věrnost
  • Polish: wierność
  • Slovak: vernosť

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вяра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 217