Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xudostь

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 *xudъ (“thin, weak”) +‎ *-ostь (“-ness”).

Noun

*xudostь f^[1]

weakness, weakness

Declension

Declension of *xudostь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xudostь	*xudosti	*xudosti
genitive	*xudosti	xudostьju, xudosťu^*	xudostьjь, xudosti^*
dative	*xudosti	*xudostьma	*xudostьmъ
accusative	*xudostь	*xudosti	*xudosti
instrumental	xudostьjǫ, xudosťǫ^*	*xudostьma	*xudostьmi
locative	*xudosti	xudostьju, xudosťu^*	*xudostьxъ
vocative	*xudosti	*xudosti	*xudosti

^* 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: худость (xudostĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: ху́дость (xúdostʹ)
    - Belarusian: ху́дасьць (xúdasʹcʹ)
  - Russian: ху́дость (xúdostʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: хоудость (xudostĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱈⱆⰴⱁⱄⱅⱐ (xudostĭ)
  - Church Slavonic: хꙋдость (xudostĭ) (Russian recension)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: (obsolete) худост
  
  Latin script: (obsolete) hudost
- Slovene: hudȏst (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: chudost
- Old Polish: chudość
  - Polish: chudość
- Slovak: chudosť
- Slovincian: chùdôsc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: khudosć

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xudostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 111

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xudostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 111

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