Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nenavistь

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 *nenaviděti + *-tь, from *ne (“not”) + *naviděti, from *na (“on(to), in(to)”) + *viděti (“to see”).

Noun

*nenavistь f

hate

Declension

Declension of *nenavistь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*nenavistь	*nenavisti	*nenavisti
Accusative	*nenavistь	*nenavisti	*nenavisti
Genitive	*nenavisti	nenavistьju, nenavisťu^*	nenavistьjь, nenavisti^*
Locative	*nenavisti	nenavistьju, nenavisťu^*	*nenavistьxъ
Dative	*nenavisti	*nenavistьma	*nenavistьmъ
Instrumental	nenavistьjǫ, nenavisťǫ^*	*nenavistьma	*nenavistьmi
Vocative	*nenavisti	*nenavisti	*nenavisti

^* 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:
- Russian: ненависть (nenavistʹ)
- Ukrainian: ненависть (nenavystʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ненависть (nenavistĭ)
- Bulgarian: ненавист (nenavist)
- Macedonian: ненавист (nenavist)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ненавист
  Latin: nenavist
West Slavic:
- Czech: nenávist
- Polish: nienawiść
- Slovak: nenávisť

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nenavistь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 174