Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ostь
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (after soft, palatal consonants): *-estь
Etymology[edit]
There are several theories of origin:
Suffix[edit]
*-ostь f
- Used with adjectival stems to form abstract nouns; -ness
Declension[edit]
*-ostь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *-ostь | *-osti | *-osti |
Accusative | *-ostь | *-osti | *-osti |
Genitive | *-osti | *-ostьju, *-osťu* | *-ostьjь, *-osti* |
Locative | *-osti | *-ostьju, *-osťu* | *-ostьxъ |
Dative | *-osti | *-ostьma | *-ostьmъ |
Instrumental | *-ostьjǫ, *-osťǫ* | *-ostьma | *-ostьmi |
Vocative | *-osti | *-osti | *-osti |
* 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).
Usage notes[edit]
This suffix was used after hard consonants, as opposed to the variant form *-estь that was used with stems ending in a soft, palatal consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2002), Indo-European abstracta ending with -osti-: the Ossetic evidence, Lingua Posnaniensis 44, p. 175-179
- Vaillant, André (1974), Grammaire comparée des langues slaves, tome IV. Paris, p. 373-377
- Arumaa, Peeter (1985), Urslavische Grammatik, Band III. Heidelberg. p. 46
- Birnbaum, Henrik & Jos Schaeken (1997) Das altkirchenslavische Wort: Bildung - Bedeutung - Herleitung. (Slavistische Beiträge, 348.) München. p.50
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26)[1], Helsinki: University of Helsinki, page 51