Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grǫdь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *grandis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrondʰ-i-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrendʰ-. Probably related to *grùda (“heap, lump”).

Noun

*grǫ̑dь f

1. breast

Declension

Declension of *grǫ̑dь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grǫ̑dь	*grǫ̑di	*grǫ̑di
genitive	*grǫdí	*grǫdьjù, *grǫďu*	*grǫdь̀jь
dative	*grǫ̑di	*grǫdьmà	*grǫ̑dьmъ
accusative	*grǫ̑dь	*grǫ̑di	*grǫ̑di
instrumental	*grǫdьjǫ́	*grǫdьmà	*grǫdьmì
locative	*grǫdí	*grǫdьjù, *grǫďu*	*grǫ̑dьxъ
vocative	*grǫdi	*grǫ̑di	*grǫ̑di

^* 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:
  • Belarusian: гру́дзі (hrúdzi)
  • Russian: грудь (grudʹ)
  • Ukrainian: гру́ди (hrúdy)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гръд (grǎd), гръ́нди pl (grǎ́ndi) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: гради (gradi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: груди

    Latin script: grudi

  • Slovene: grọ̑d (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hruď
  • Old Polish: grędzi
    • Polish: grędź (rare, obsolete)
  • Slovak: hruď