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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bezvěstь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *bez- + *věstь.
Noun
*bezvěstь f
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Declension
Declension of *bezvěstь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | *bezvěstь | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti |
Accusative | *bezvěstь | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti |
Genitive | *bezvěsti | *bezvěstьju, *bezvěsťu* | *bezvěstьjь, *bezvěsti* |
Locative | *bezvěsti | *bezvěstьju, *bezvěsťu* | *bezvěstьxъ |
Dative | *bezvěsti | *bezvěstьma | *bezvěstьmъ |
Instrumental | *bezvěstьjǫ, *bezvěsťǫ* | *bezvěstьma | *bezvěstьmi |
Vocative | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti | *bezvěsti |
* 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:
- Ukrainian: бе́звість (bézvistʹ)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bezvěstь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 51