Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrǫščь

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 *xrǫstъ +‎ *-jь, ultimately of imitative origin, similar to Russian хруст (xrust, crunch).[1]

Noun

*xrǫ̃ščь m[2]

  1. cockchafer, scarab

Declension

Declension of *xrǫ̃ščь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *xrǫ̃ščь *xrǭščà *xrǭščì
genitive *xrǭščà *xrǭščù *xrǫ̃ščь
dative *xrǭščù *xrǭščèma *xrǫ̃ščemъ
accusative *xrǫ̃ščь *xrǭščà *xrǭščę̇̀
instrumental *xrǭščь̀mь, *xrǭščèmь* *xrǭščèma *xrǫ̃šči
locative *xrǭščì *xrǭščù *xrǫ̃ščixъ
vocative *xrǫšču *xrǭščà *xrǭščì

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

Derived terms

  • *xręščь (gristle)
  • *xręstati (to crackle)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: хрѫщь (xrǫštĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱈⱃⱘⱋⱐ (xrǫštĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: хрушт
      Latin script: hrušt
    • Slovene: hrȍšč (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хрущ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrǫščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 105

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “chroust”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “hrošč”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *xrǫšťь̏