Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/živostь

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 *živъ (“alive”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*žȋvostь f[1]

  1. liveliness, vividness

Inflection

Declension of *živostь (i-stem, uncountable)
singular
nominative *živostь
genitive *živosti
dative *živosti
accusative *živostь
instrumental *živostьjǫ, *živosťǫ*
locative *živosti
vocative *živosti

* 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:
    • Belarusian: жы́васць (žývascʹ)
    • Russian: жи́вость (žívostʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎[1], University of Vienna, page 9: “*žȋvostь”
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