Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pověstь

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 *po- +‎ *věstь, from an earlier *povĕdtь.

Noun

*pověstь f

1. tale, narration
2. teaching

Declension

Declension of *pověstь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pověstь	*pověsti	*pověsti
genitive	*pověsti	*pověstьju, *pověsťu*	*pověstьjь, *pověsti*
dative	*pověsti	*pověstьma	*pověstьmъ
accusative	*pověstь	*pověsti	*pověsti
instrumental	*pověstьjǫ, *pověsťǫ*	*pověstьma	*pověstьmi
locative	*pověsti	*pověstьju, *pověsťu*	*pověstьxъ
vocative	*pověsti	*pověsti	*pověsti

^* 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:
  • Old East Slavic: повѣсть (pověstĭ)
    • Belarusian: апо́весць (apóvjescʹ) / апо́весьць
    • Russian: по́весть (póvestʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: по́вість (póvistʹ)
    • Ukrainian: по́вість (póvistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: повѣсть (pověstĭ)

  • Bulgarian: по̀вест (pòvest)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Serbo-Croatian: pȍvijēst

    Serbo-Croatian: pȍvēst

  • Slovene: povést (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pověst
  • Kashubian: pòwiesc
  • Polish: powieść
  • Slovak: povesť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: powěsć

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “повест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 404