Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glupostь

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 *glupъ (“stupid”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*glupostь f

  1. stupidity

Inflection

Declension of *glupostь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *glupostь *gluposti *gluposti
genitive *gluposti *glupostьju, *gluposťu* *glupostьjь, *gluposti*
dative *gluposti *glupostьma *glupostьmъ
accusative *glupostь *gluposti *gluposti
instrumental *glupostьjǫ, *gluposťǫ* *glupostьma *glupostьmi
locative *gluposti *glupostьju, *gluposťu* *glupostьxъ
vocative *gluposti *gluposti *gluposti

* 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: глупость (glupostʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hlúpost
      • Czech: hloupost
        • Moravian (Mistřice): húposť
    • Old Polish: głupość
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: hłuposć
      • Lower Sorbian: głuposć

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glupostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 151
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