Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blědostь

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 *blědъ (“pale”) +‎ *-ostь (“-ness”).

Noun

*blědostь f

1. paleness

   Synonyms: *blědota, *blědoba

Inflection

Declension of *blědostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blědostь	*blědosti	*blědosti
genitive	*blědosti	*blědostьju, *blědosťu*	*blědostьjь, *blědosti*
dative	*blědosti	*blědostьma	*blědostьmъ
accusative	*blědostь	*blědosti	*blědosti
instrumental	*blědostьjǫ, *blědosťǫ*	*blědostьma	*blědostьmi
locative	*blědosti	*blědostьju, *blědosťu*	*blědostьxъ
vocative	*blědosti	*blědosti	*blědosti

^* 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: блѣдость (blědostĭ)
    • Russian: бле́дость (blédostʹ)
    • Ukrainian: блі́дість (blídistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бледост (bledost)
  • Macedonian: бледост (bledost)
  • Slovene: bledȏst
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bledost
    • Czech: bledost
  • Old Polish: bladość
    • Polish: bladość
  • Slovak: bledosť
  • Slovincian: bladôsc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: blědosć
    • Upper Sorbian: blědosć

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blědostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 111