Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strogostь

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 *strogъ (“strict”) +‎ *-ostь (“-ness”).

Noun

*strogostь f

1. severity, strictness

Declension

Declension of *strogostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strogostь	*strogosti	*strogosti
genitive	*strogosti	*strogostьju, *strogosťu*	*strogostьjь, *strogosti*
dative	*strogosti	*strogostьma	*strogostьmъ
accusative	*strogostь	*strogosti	*strogosti
instrumental	*strogostьjǫ, *strogosťǫ*	*strogostьma	*strogostьmi
locative	*strogosti	*strogostьju, *strogosťu*	*strogostьxъ
vocative	*strogosti	*strogosti	*strogosti

^* 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:
  • Russian: стро́гость (strógostʹ)
  • Ukrainian: стро́гість (stróhistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: стро̀гост (strògost)
  • Macedonian: строгост (strogost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стро̏го̄ст

    Latin script: strȍgōst

Further reading

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “строг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 502