Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytrostь

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 *xytrъ (“cunning”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*xytrostь f

1. cunning, slyness, craftiness

Inflection

Declension of *xytrostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xytrostь	*xytrosti	*xytrosti
genitive	*xytrosti	*xytrostьju, *xytrosťu*	*xytrostьjь, *xytrosti*
dative	*xytrosti	*xytrostьma	*xytrostьmъ
accusative	*xytrostь	*xytrosti	*xytrosti
instrumental	*xytrostьjǫ, *xytrosťǫ*	*xytrostьma	*xytrostьmi
locative	*xytrosti	*xytrostьju, *xytrosťu*	*xytrostьxъ
vocative	*xytrosti	*xytrosti	*xytrosti

^* 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: хи́трость (xítrostʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: хꙑтрость (xytrostĭ)

  • Bulgarian: хитрост (hitrost)
  • Macedonian: итрост (itrost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: хи̏тро̄ст

    Latin script: hȉtrōst

  • Slovene: hitrọ̑st (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chytrost
  • Polish: chytrość