Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grustь

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 grūstìs (“sadness, harm”).

Noun

*grȗstь f

1. sadness

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grȗstь	*grȗsti	*grȗsti
genitive	*grustí	*grustьjù, *grusťu*	*grustь̀jь
dative	*grȗsti	*grustьmà	*grȗstьmъ
accusative	*grȗstь	*grȗsti	*grȗsti
instrumental	*grustьjǫ́	*grustьmà	*grustьmì
locative	*grustí	*grustьjù, *grusťu*	*grȗstьxъ
vocative	*grusti	*grȗsti	*grȗsti

^* 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

• *gruditi

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: грусть (grustʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: grust (rare)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grȗstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грусть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grustь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 155