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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koristь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Noun
*koristь f
- (originally) loot, award
- (by extension) gain, profit
Inflection
Declension of *koristь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *koristь | *koristi | *koristi |
Accusative | *koristь | *koristi | *koristi |
Genitive | *koristi | *koristьju, *korisťu* | *koristьjь, *koristi* |
Locative | *koristi | *koristьju, *korisťu* | *koristьxъ |
Dative | *koristi | *koristьma | *koristьmъ |
Instrumental | *koristьjǫ, *korisťǫ* | *koristьma | *koristьmi |
Vocative | *koristi | *koristi | *koristi |
* 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
- *koristьnъ
- *bezkoristьnъ
- *koristьnikъ
- *koristьničьskъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: користь (koristĭ)
- Old Ruthenian: коры́сть (korýstʹ), кори́сть (korístʹ)
- Belarusian: кары́сць (karýscʹ)
- Ukrainian: ко́ри́сть (kórýstʹ)
- Russian: коры́сть (korýstʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: коры́сть (korýstʹ), кори́сть (korístʹ)
- Old East Slavic: користь (koristĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: користь (koristĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⱃⰻⱄⱅⱐ (koristĭ)
- Bulgarian: ко́рист (kórist)
- Macedonian: корист (korist)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̏рӣст
- Latin: kȍrīst
- Slovene: korȋst (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: kořist
- Czech: kořist
- Kashubian: kòrzësc
- Old Polish: korzyść
- Polish: korzyść
- Slovak: korisť
- Old Czech: kořist
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “корысть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress