Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustošь

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 *pustъ (“empty”) +‎ *-ošь.

Noun

*pustošь f

  1. wasteland; uninhabited, abandoned or uncultivated area

Declension

Declension of *pustošь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pustošь *pustoši *pustoši
genitive *pustoši *pustošьju, *pustošu* *pustošьjь, *pustoši*
dative *pustoši *pustošьma *pustošьmъ
accusative *pustošь *pustoši *pustoši
instrumental *pustošьjǫ, *pustošǫ* *pustošьma *pustošьmi
locative *pustoši *pustošьju, *pustošu* *pustošьxъ
vocative *pustoši *pustoši *pustoši

* 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: пу́стошь (pústošʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́стошь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.