Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věstь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Noun
Declension
Declension of *vě̑stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *vě̑stь | *vě̑sti | *vě̑sti |
genitive | *věstí | *věstьjù, *věsťu* | *věstь̀jь |
dative | *vě̑sti | *věstьmà | *vě̑stьmъ |
accusative | *vě̑stь | *vě̑sti | *vě̑sti |
instrumental | *věstьjǫ́ | *věstьmà | *věstьmì |
locative | *věstí | *věstьjù, *věsťu* | *vě̑stьxъ |
vocative | *věsti | *vě̑sti | *vě̑sti |
* 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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “věstь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c nyhed (PR 138)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vẹ̑st”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vě̑stь”