Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krěpostь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krěpostь

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 *krěpъ (“strong”) + *-ostь.

Noun

*krěpostь f

1. strength

Inflection

Declension of *krěpostь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*krěpostь	*krěposti	*krěposti
Accusative	*krěpostь	*krěposti	*krěposti
Genitive	*krěposti	*krěpostьju, *krěposťu*	*krěpostьjь, *krěposti*
Locative	*krěposti	*krěpostьju, *krěposťu*	*krěpostьxъ
Dative	*krěposti	*krěpostьma	*krěpostьmъ
Instrumental	*krěpostьjǫ, *krěposťǫ*	*krěpostьma	*krěpostьmi
Vocative	*krěposti	*krěposti	*krěposti

^* 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:
  • Old East Slavic: крѣпость (krěpostĭ)
    • Belarusian: крэ́пасць (krépascʹ)
    • Russian: кре́пость (krépostʹ)
    • Ukrainian: крі́пость (krípostʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: крѣпость (krěpostĭ)

  • Bulgarian: кре́пост (krépost)
  • Macedonian: крепост (krepost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: крепост

    Latin: krepost

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krěpostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma / *kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 133