Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezvěstь
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]*bezvěstь f
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Declension
[edit]Declension of *bezvěstь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bezvěstь | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti |
| genitive | *bezvěsti | *bezvěstьju, *bezvěsťu* | *bezvěstьjь, *bezvěsti* |
| dative | *bezvěsti | *bezvěstьma | *bezvěstьmъ |
| accusative | *bezvěstь | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti |
| instrumental | *bezvěstьjǫ, *bezvěsťǫ* | *bezvěstьma | *bezvěstьmi |
| locative | *bezvěsti | *bezvěstьju, *bezvěsťu* | *bezvěstьxъ |
| vocative | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti |
* 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: бе́звість (bézvistʹ)
References
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezvěstь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 51