Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tajьnьstvo

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tajьnьstvo

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 *tajьna +‎ *-ьstvo.

Noun

*tajьnьstvo n

1. mystery
2. sacrament

Declension

Declension of *tajьnьstvo (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tajьnьstvo	*tajьnьstvě	*tajьnьstva
Accusative	*tajьnьstvo	*tajьnьstvě	*tajьnьstva
Genitive	*tajьnьstva	*tajьnьstvu	*tajьnьstvъ
Locative	*tajьnьstvě	*tajьnьstvu	*tajьnьstvěxъ
Dative	*tajьnьstvu	*tajьnьstvoma	*tajьnьstvomъ
Instrumental	*tajьnьstvъmь, *tajьnьstvomь*	*tajьnьstvoma	*tajьnьstvy
Vocative	*tajьnьstvo	*tajьnьstvě	*tajьnьstva

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: таиньство (tainĭstvo)
    • Old Ruthenian: та́инство (tájnstvo), та́инество (tájnestvo)
      • Belarusian: та́інства (táinstva)
      • Ukrainian: та́їнство (tájinstvo)
    • Russian: та́инство (táinstvo)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: та̀йнство (tàjnstvo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: таја́нство

    Latin: tajánstvo

Further reading

• Todorov T., editor (2010), “тайна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 757