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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęžestь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *tęžьkъ (“heavy”) + *-ostь.
Noun
*tęžestь f
- burden, heaviness
Declension
Declension of *tęžestь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *tęžestь | *tęžesti | *tęžesti |
Accusative | *tęžestь | *tęžesti | *tęžesti |
Genitive | *tęžesti | *tęžestьju, *tęžesťu* | *tęžestьjь, *tęžesti* |
Locative | *tęžesti | *tęžestьju, *tęžesťu* | *tęžestьxъ |
Dative | *tęžesti | *tęžestьma | *tęžestьmъ |
Instrumental | *tęžestьjǫ, *tęžesťǫ* | *tęžestьma | *tęžestьmi |
Vocative | *tęžesti | *tęžesti | *tęžesti |
* 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: тѧ́жесть (tę́žestĭ)
- Old Ruthenian: тѧ́жесть (tjážestʹ)
- Russian: тя́жесть (tjážestʹ)
- Old East Slavic: тѧ́жесть (tę́žestĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: тѧжесть (tęžestĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱅⱔⰶⰵⱄⱅⱐ (tęžestĭ)
- Bulgarian: те́жест (téžest)
- Old Church Slavonic:
Further reading
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “тежест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 890