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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrstь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gursti-. Cognate with Latvian gùrste (“bundle of flax”) and possibly with Ancient Greek ἀγοστός (agostós, “flat of the hand”).
Noun
*gъ̑rstь f
- cupped hand
Inflection
Declension of *gъ̑rstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *gъ̑rstь | *gъ̑rsti | *gъ̑rsti |
Accusative | *gъ̑rstь | *gъ̑rsti | *gъ̑rsti |
Genitive | *gъrstí | *gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu* | *gъrstь̀jь |
Locative | *gъrstí | *gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu* | *gъ̑rstьxъ |
Dative | *gъ̑rsti | *gъrstьmà | *gъ̑rstьmъ |
Instrumental | *gъrstьjǫ́ | *gъrstьmà | *gъrstьmì |
Vocative | *gъrsti | *gъ̑rsti | *gъ̑rsti |
* 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:
- Belarusian: горсць (horscʹ)
- Russian: горсть (gorstʹ)
- Ukrainian: горсть (horstʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: гръсть (grŭstĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰳⱃⱏⱄⱅⱐ (grŭstĭ)
- Bulgarian: гръ́ст (grǎ́st)
- Macedonian: грст (grst)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пре̏гр̄шт
- Latin: prȅgr̄št
- Chakavian (Orbanići): gȓs
- Slovene: grst
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hrst
- Czech: hrst
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): hrst
- Moravian (Mistřice): hrsť
- Czech: hrst
- Polish: garść
- Slovak: hrsť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: horšć
- Lower Sorbian: gjarsć
- Old Czech: hrst
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gъ̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “горсть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress