Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldostь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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
Accusative	*moldostь
Genitive	*moldosti
Locative	*moldosti
Dative	*moldosti
Instrumental	moldostьjǫ, moldosťǫ^*
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: младост (mladost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мла̏до̄ст
  
  Latin: mlȁdōst
- Slovene: mladọ̑st (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: młodość
- Slovak: mladosť

References

Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 9: “*mȏldostь”

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[1] Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 9: “*mȏldostь”