Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gnьsь

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

Cognate with Lithuanian gniū̃sas (“parasite”).

Noun

*gnьsь f

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Inflection

Declension of *gnьsь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gnьsь	*gnьsi	*gnьsi
Accusative	*gnьsь	*gnьsi	*gnьsi
Genitive	*gnьsi	gnьsьju, gnьšu^*	gnьsьjь, gnьsi^*
Locative	*gnьsi	gnьsьju, gnьšu^*	*gnьsьxъ
Dative	*gnьsi	*gnьsьma	*gnьsьmъ
Instrumental	gnьsьjǫ, gnьšǫ^*	*gnьsьma	*gnьsьmi
Vocative	*gnьsi	*gnьsi	*gnьsi

^* 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).

Related terms

*gnǫsьnъ
*gnǫšati
*gnusiti
*gnusьnъ
*gnušati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гньсь (gnĭsĭ), гнесь (gnesĭ, “vileness, crime”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: гнесь (gnesĭ)
  Glagolitic: ⰳⱀⰵⱄⱐ (gnesĭ)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: гньсь (gnĭsĭ), гнесь (gnesĭ, “vileness, crime”)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gnьsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 171