Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pakostь

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

Compare *opakъ.

Noun

*pakostь f

  1. vicissitude

Inflection

Declension of *pakostь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pakostь *pakosti *pakosti
genitive *pakosti *pakostьju, *pakosťu* *pakostьjь, *pakosti*
dative *pakosti *pakostьma *pakostьmъ
accusative *pakostь *pakosti *pakosti
instrumental *pakostьjǫ, *pakosťǫ* *pakostьma *pakostьmi
locative *pakosti *pakostьju, *pakosťu* *pakostьxъ
vocative *pakosti *pakosti *pakosti

* 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:
    • Old East Slavic: пакость (pakostĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pakost
    • Old Polish: pakość
      • Polish: pakość (dialectal or obsolete)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: pakosć
      • Upper Sorbian: pakosć

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “па́кость”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress