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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grustь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Cognate with Lithuanian grūstìs (“sadness, harm”).
Noun
*grȗstь f
- sadness
Inflection
Declension of *grȗstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *grȗstь | *grȗsti | *grȗsti |
| Accusative | *grȗstь | *grȗsti | *grȗsti |
| Genitive | *grustí | *grustьjù, *grusťu* | *grustь̀jь |
| Locative | *grustí | *grustьjù, *grusťu* | *grȗstьxъ |
| Dative | *grȗsti | *grustьmà | *grȗstьmъ |
| Instrumental | *grustьjǫ́ | *grustьmà | *grustьmì |
| Vocative | *grusti | *grȗsti | *grȗsti |
* 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
- *gruditi
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: грусть (grustʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: grust
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grȗstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “грусть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress