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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věčьnostь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *věčьnъ (“eternal”) + *-ostь.
Noun
*věčьnostь f
- eternity
Inflection
Declension of *věčьnostь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *věčьnostь | *věčьnosti | *věčьnosti |
| Accusative | *věčьnostь | *věčьnosti | *věčьnosti |
| Genitive | *věčьnosti | *věčьnostьju, *věčьnosťu* | *věčьnostьjь, *věčьnosti* |
| Locative | *věčьnosti | *věčьnostьju, *věčьnosťu* | *věčьnostьxъ |
| Dative | *věčьnosti | *věčьnostьma | *věčьnostьmъ |
| Instrumental | *věčьnostьjǫ, *věčьnosťǫ* | *věčьnostьma | *věčьnostьmi |
| Vocative | *věčьnosti | *věčьnosti | *věčьnosti |
* 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:
- Belarusian: ве́чнасць (vjéčnascʹ)
- Russian: ве́чность (véčnostʹ)
- Ukrainian: ві́чність (víčnistʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ве́чност (véčnost)
- Macedonian: вечност (večnost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ве̏чно̄ст, вје̏чно̄ст
- Latin: vȅčnōst, vjȅčnōst
- Slovene: večnost (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: věčnost
- Polish: wieczność
- Slovak: večnosť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wěčnosć
- Lower Sorbian: wěcnosć
Further reading
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “век”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 129