Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starostь
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *starъ (“old”) + *-ostь.
Noun
[edit]*starostь f[1]
Inflection
[edit]Accent paradigm a.
Declension of *starostь (i-stem, uncountable)
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | *starostь |
genitive | *starosti |
dative | *starosti |
accusative | *starostь |
instrumental | *starostьjǫ, *starosťǫ* |
locative | *starosti |
vocative | *starosti |
* 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[1], University of Vienna, page 10: “*sta̋rostь”