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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věrьnostь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *věrьnъ (“loyal”) + *-ostь.
Noun
*věrьnostь f
- loyalty
Inflection
Declension of *věrьnostь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *věrьnostь | *věrьnosti | *věrьnosti |
Accusative | *věrьnostь | *věrьnosti | *věrьnosti |
Genitive | *věrьnosti | *věrьnostьju, *věrьnosťu* | *věrьnostьjь, *věrьnosti* |
Locative | *věrьnosti | *věrьnostьju, *věrьnosťu* | *věrьnostьxъ |
Dative | *věrьnosti | *věrьnostьma | *věrьnostьmъ |
Instrumental | *věrьnostьjǫ, *věrьnosťǫ* | *věrьnostьma | *věrьnostьmi |
Vocative | *věrьnosti | *věrьnosti | *věrьnosti |
* 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: ве́рность (vérnostʹ)
- Belarusian: ве́рнасць (vjérnascʹ)
- Ukrainian: ві́рність (vírnistʹ)
- Russian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: ве́рность (vérnostʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: вя́рност (vjárnost)
- Macedonian: верност (vernost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ве́рно̄ст, вје́рно̄ст
- Latin: vérnōst, vjérnōst
- West Slavic:
- Czech: věrnost
- Polish: wierność
- Slovak: vernosť
Further reading
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “вяра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 217