Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junostь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junostь

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

From *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*junostь f

1. youth (age)

Inflection

Declension of *junostь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*junostь	*junosti	*junosti
Accusative	*junostь	*junosti	*junosti
Genitive	*junosti	*junostьju, *junosťu*	*junostьjь, *junosti*
Locative	*junosti	*junostьju, *junosťu*	*junostьxъ
Dative	*junosti	*junostьma	*junostьmъ
Instrumental	*junostьjǫ, *junosťǫ*	*junostьma	*junostьmi
Vocative	*junosti	*junosti	*junosti

^* 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: ю́насць (júnascʹ)
  • Russian: ю́ность (júnostʹ)
  • Ukrainian: ю́ність (júnistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: юность (junostĭ)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*junostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 194