Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldežь

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 1

From *molděti (“to appear young”) +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*moldežь f

  1. youth
    Antonym: *starežь
Alternative forms
  • *molděžь
Inflection
Declension of *moldežь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *moldežь *moldeži *moldeži
genitive *moldeži *moldežьju, *moldežu* *moldežьjь, *moldeži*
dative *moldeži *moldežьma *moldežьmъ
accusative *moldežь *moldeži *moldeži
instrumental *moldežьjǫ, *moldežǫ* *moldežьma *moldežьmi
locative *moldeži *moldežьju, *moldežu* *moldežьxъ
vocative *moldeži *moldeži *moldeži

* 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).

Derived terms
  • *moldežьnъ (“youthful”)
  • *moldežьskъ (“juvenile”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: молодежь (molodežĭ) (occasionally молодѣжь (moloděžĭ))
    • Belarusian: молодзя́ж (molodzjáž), молодзéж (molodzéž), мо́ладзеш (móladzješ)
    • Russian: молоде́жь (molodéžʹ), мо́лодёжь (mólodjožʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мо́лодіж (mólodiž)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moldežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 154
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “младеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “mlȃdež”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

Etymology 2

From *moldъ (“young”) +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*moldežь m

  1. young person
Inflection
Declension of *moldežь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *moldežь *moldeža *moldeži
genitive *moldeža *moldežu *moldežь
dative *moldežu *moldežema *moldežemъ
accusative *moldežь *moldeža *moldežę̇
instrumental *moldežьmь, *moldežemь* *moldežema *moldeži
locative *moldeži *moldežu *moldežixъ
vocative *moldežu *moldeža *moldeži

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

  • *moldikъ, *moldiťь, *moldičь (“child, young one”)
  • *moldokъ (“novice, youth”)
  • *moldьcь (“child”)
Descendants
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