Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gnьsь

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

Cognate with Lithuanian gniū̃sas (“parasite”).

Noun

*gnьsь f

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Inflection

Declension of *gnьsь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gnьsь	*gnьsi	*gnьsi
genitive	*gnьsi	*gnьsьju, *gnьšu*	*gnьsьjь, *gnьsi*
dative	*gnьsi	*gnьsьma	*gnьsьmъ
accusative	*gnьsь	*gnьsi	*gnьsi
instrumental	*gnьsьjǫ, *gnьšǫ*	*gnьsьma	*gnьsьmi
locative	*gnьsi	*gnьsьju, *gnьšu*	*gnьsьxъ
vocative	*gnьsi	*gnьsi	*gnьsi

^* 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).

Related terms

• *gnǫsьnъ
• *gnǫšati
• *gnusiti
• *gnusьnъ
• *gnušati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гньсь (gnĭsĭ), гнесь (gnesĭ, “vileness, crime”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: гнесь (gnesĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰳⱀⰵⱄⱐ (gnesĭ)

    • Russian Church Slavonic: гньсь (gnĭsĭ), гнесь (gnesĭ, “vileness, crime”)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gnьsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 171