Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫpostatъ

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

By surface analysis, *sǫ- +‎ *po- +‎ *statъ.

Cognate with Lithuanian stótas (“body build”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬙𐬀 (stāta, “standing”), Latin praestātus (“having excelled”), Ancient Greek ἀντιστάτης (antistátēs, “enemy”).

Noun

*sǫpostatъ m

1. enemy, adversary

Inflection

Declension of *sǫpostatъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sǫpostatъ	*sǫpostata	*sǫpostati
genitive	*sǫpostata	*sǫpostatu	*sǫpostatъ
dative	*sǫpostatu	*sǫpostatoma	*sǫpostatomъ
accusative	*sǫpostatъ	*sǫpostata	*sǫpostaty
instrumental	*sǫpostatъmь, *sǫpostatomь*	*sǫpostatoma	*sǫpostaty
locative	*sǫpostatě	*sǫpostatu	*sǫpostatěxъ
vocative	*sǫpostate	*sǫpostata	*sǫpostati

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сѫпостатъ (sǫpostatŭ), супостатъ (supostatŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: супостатъ (supostat)
      • Ukrainian: супоста́т (supostát)
    • Russian: супоста́т (supostát)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сѫпостатъ (sǫpostatŭ), съпостатъ (sŭpostatŭ), соупостатъ (supostatŭ)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “супоста́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress