Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nosъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús (“nose”).

Noun

*nȍsъ m

1. nose

Declension

Declension of *nȍsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsa	*nȍsi
genitive	*nȍsa	*nosù	*nòsъ
dative	*nȍsu	*nosomà	*nosòmъ
accusative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsa	*nȍsy
instrumental	*nȍsъmь, *nȍsomь*	*nosomà	*nosý
locative	*nȍsě	*nosù	*nosě̃xъ
vocative	*nose	*nȍsa	*nȍsi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Declension of *nȍsъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsy	*nȍsove
genitive	*nȍsu	*nosovù	*nosòvъ
dative	*nȍsovi	*nosъmà	*nȍsъmъ
accusative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsy	*nȍsy
instrumental	*nȍsъmь	*nosъmà	*nosъmì
locative	*nosú	*nosovù	*nȍsъxъ
vocative	*nosu	*nȍsy	*nȍsove

Related terms

• *nozdrà (“nostril”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: носъ (nosŭ)
    • Belarusian: нос (nos)
    • Russian: нос (nos)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: нос (nos)
    • Ukrainian: ніс (nis)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: носъ (nosŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⱁⱄⱏ (nosŭ)

    • Bulgarian: нос (nos)
  • Macedonian: нос (nos)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: но̑с

    Latin script: nȏs

  • Slovene: nọ̑s (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nos
    • Czech: nos
  • Kashubian: nos
  • Polabian: nös
  • Polish: nos
  • Slovak: nos
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: nós
    • Lower Sorbian: nos

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нос”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress