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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьstь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis. Cognate with Sanskrit चित्ति (cítti, “thinking, understanding”) and Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cisti, “consciousness”).
Inflection
Declension of *čь̏stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *čь̏stь | *čь̏sti | *čь̏sti |
Accusative | *čь̏stь | *čь̏sti | *čь̏sti |
Genitive | *čьstí | *čьstьjù, *čьsťu* | *čьstь̀jь |
Locative | *čьstí | *čьstьjù, *čьsťu* | *čь̏stьxъ |
Dative | *čь̏sti | *čьstьmà | *čь̏stьmъ |
Instrumental | *čьstьjǫ́ | *čьstьmà | *čьstьmì |
Vocative | *čьsti | *čь̏sti | *čь̏sti |
* 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).
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “честь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьstь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 04, Moscow: Nauka, page 175
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čь̑stь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94: “f. i (c) ‘honour, respect’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “čьstь čьsti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. b (IRU 78); c (SA 83; PR 138) honor”
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