Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldostь

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 *moldъ (“young”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*mȏldostь f

1. youth

   Synonym: *junostь

Inflection

Declension of *moldostь (i-stem, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*moldostь
genitive	*moldosti
dative	*moldosti
accusative	*moldostь
instrumental	*moldostьjǫ, *moldosťǫ*
locative	*moldosti
vocative	*moldosti

^* 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:
  • Russian: мо́лодость (mólodostʹ)
  • Ukrainian: мо́лодість (mólodistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: мла́дост (mládost)
  • Macedonian: мла́дост (mládost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мла̏до̄ст

    Latin script: mlȁdōst

  • Slovene: mladọ̑st (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mladost
  • Polish: młodość
  • Slovak: mladosť