Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustyni

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

*pustъ +‎ *-yni

Noun

*pustyni f

desert, wilderness, wasteland

Declension

Declension of *pustyni (ī-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pustyni	*pustyňi	*pustyňę̇
Accusative	*pustyňǫ	*pustyňi	*pustyňę̇
Genitive	*pustyňę̇	*pustyňu	*pustyňь
Locative	*pustyňi	*pustyňu	pustyňasъ, pustyňaxъ^*
Dative	*pustyňi	*pustyňama	*pustyňamъ
Instrumental	pustyňejǫ, pustyňǫ^**	*pustyňama	*pustyňami
Vocative	*pustyňe	*pustyňi	*pustyňę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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 Ruthenian: пусты́нꙗ (pustýnja), пусти́нꙗ (pustínja)
  - Belarusian: пусты́ня (pustýnja)
  - Ukrainian: пусти́ня (pustýnja) (see also: пусте́ля (pustélja))
- Russian: пу́стынь (pústynʹ), пусты́ня (pustýnja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: поустꙑни (pustyni)
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: пустиня (pustinja)
- Macedonian: пустина (pustina)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пу́стиња
  Latin: pústinja
- Slovene: pustínja (tonal orthography); see also: puščȃva (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: pustina, (see also: poušť)
- Kashubian: pùstiniô
- Polish: pustynia
- Slovak: pustina, (see also: púšť)