естьство
Old Church Slavonic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ѥстьство (jestĭstvo)
Etymology
[edit]From естъ (estŭ), the third-person singular present бꙑти (byti, “to be”) + -ьство (-ĭstvo). Calque of Byzantine Greek οὐσίᾱ (ousíā).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]естьство • (estĭstvo) n
- essence, substance
- 11th century, Euchologium Sinaiticum (in Glagolitic), 1b6-7:
- непрѣходима естъства • прѣходима
- neprěxodima estŭstva • prěxodima
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- nature (key characteristics of something or something's natural behavior)
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 490, line 6:
- дьньсь чловѣчьско ѥстъство •отъ диꙗволꙗ противъства свободивъ
- dĭnĭsĭ člověčĭsko jestŭstvo •otŭ dijavolja protivŭstva svobodivŭ
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- quality, feature, trait
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 337, line 23:
- младеништъ бо ѥстьство • не вѣстъ пронꙑриꙗ ни проскоупьства имѣти
- mladeništŭ bo jestĭstvo • ne věstŭ pronyrija ni proskupĭstva iměti
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (collective) creatures (living beings)
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 412, line 7:
- прѣдаѥши ... ѥстьствоу вьсемоу владꙑкѫ
- prědaješi ... jestĭstvu vĭsemu vladykǫ
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- reality, fact
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 502, line 1:
- не моштьна и чоудьна вѣштаѥши • и бъхма не видима естьства
- ne moštĭna i čudĭna věštaješi • i bŭxma ne vidima estĭstva
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of естьство (o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | естьство estĭstvo |
естьствѣ estĭstvě |
естьства estĭstva |
| genitive | естьства estĭstva |
естьствоу estĭstvu |
естьствъ estĭstvŭ |
| dative | естьствоу estĭstvu |
естьствома estĭstvoma |
естьствомъ estĭstvomŭ |
| accusative | естьство estĭstvo |
естьствѣ estĭstvě |
естьства estĭstva |
| instrumental | естьствомъ estĭstvomŭ |
естьствома estĭstvoma |
естьствꙑ estĭstvy |
| locative | естьствѣ estĭstvě |
естьствоу estĭstvu |
естьствѣхъ estĭstvěxŭ |
| vocative | естьство estĭstvo |
естьствѣ estĭstvě |
естьства estĭstva |
Derived terms
[edit](nouns):
- естьствиѥ (estĭstvije)
(adjectives):
- естьствьнъ (estĭstvĭnŭ)
Descendants
[edit]- Bulgarian: естество̀ (estestvò) (bookish)
- Macedonian: естество (estestvo)
- → Old East Slavic: естьство (jestĭstvo)
- → Old Czech: jestvo
- →? Slovak: jestvovať
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: јеста̀ство, (obsolete) јество
- Latin script: jestàstvo, (obsolete) jestvo
- → Slovene: jestvọ
References
[edit]- ^ Havlová, Eva, editor (1995), “estъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 5 (istopiti sę – klęti), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 283
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jestestwo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 213
Further reading
[edit]- “ѥстьство”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
Categories:
- Old Church Slavonic terms suffixed with -ьство
- Old Church Slavonic terms calqued from Byzantine Greek
- Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Old Church Slavonic lemmas
- Old Church Slavonic nouns
- Old Church Slavonic neuter nouns
- Old Church Slavonic terms with quotations
- Old Church Slavonic collective nouns
- Old Church Slavonic hard o-stem nouns
- Old Church Slavonic hard neuter o-stem nouns