Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milostь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilastis, from Proto-Indo-European *meyHlostis. Morphologically from *milъ + *-ostь. Cognate with Lithuanian mielastis.

Noun

*milostь f

  1. mercy

Declension

Declension of *milostь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *milostь *milosti *milosti
genitive *milosti *milostьju, *milosťu* *milostьjь, *milosti*
dative *milosti *milostьma *milostьmъ
accusative *milostь *milosti *milosti
instrumental *milostьjǫ, *milosťǫ* *milostьma *milostьmi
locative *milosti *milostьju, *milosťu* *milostьxъ
vocative *milosti *milosti *milosti

* 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

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*milostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 39
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