Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mastь
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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 *mazati (“to smear”) + *-tь.
Noun
Declension
Declension of *mȃstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mȃstь | *mȃsti | *mȃsti |
| genitive | *mastí | *mastьjù, *masťu* | *mastь̀jь |
| dative | *mȃsti | *mastьmà | *mȃstьmъ |
| accusative | *mȃstь | *mȃsti | *mȃsti |
| instrumental | *mastьjǫ́ | *mastьmà | *mastьmì |
| locative | *mastí | *mastьjù, *masťu* | *mȃstьxъ |
| vocative | *masti | *mȃsti | *mȃsti |
* 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).
Related terms
- *maslo (“oil, butter”)
- *mazati (“to oil, annoint, smear”)
- *mazь (“grease, ointment”)
- *mazъ (“grease, ointment”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: маст (mast)
- Macedonian: маст (mast)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: mȃst (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “масть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȃstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 302: “f. i (c) ‘ointment’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mastь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c fedt, farve (PR 138)”