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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/blědostь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *blědъ (“pale”) + *-ostь (“-ness”).
Noun
*blědostь f
- paleness
- Synonyms: *blědota, *blědoba
Inflection
Declension of *blědostь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *blědostь | *blědosti | *blědosti |
Accusative | *blědostь | *blědosti | *blědosti |
Genitive | *blědosti | *blědostьju, *blědosťu* | *blědostьjь, *blědosti* |
Locative | *blědosti | *blědostьju, *blědosťu* | *blědostьxъ |
Dative | *blědosti | *blědostьma | *blědostьmъ |
Instrumental | *blědostьjǫ, *blědosťǫ* | *blědostьma | *blědostьmi |
Vocative | *blědosti | *blědosti | *blědosti |
* 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: блѣдость (blědostĭ)
- Russian: бле́дость (blédostʹ)
- Ukrainian: блі́дість (blídistʹ)
- Old East Slavic: блѣдость (blědostĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бледост (bledost)
- Slovene: bledȏst
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bledost
- Czech: bledost
- Old Polish: bladość
- Polish: bladość
- Slovak: bledosť
- Slovincian: blȧ̃dɵsc
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: blědosć
- Upper Sorbian: blědosć
- Old Czech: bledost
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blědostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 111