Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorbrostь

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 *xorbrъ (“brave”) +‎ *-ostь (“-ness”).

Noun

*xorbrostь f

braveness, valour

Declension

Declension of *xorbrostь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*xorbrostь	*xorbrosti	*xorbrosti
Accusative	*xorbrostь	*xorbrosti	*xorbrosti
Genitive	*xorbrosti	xorbrostьju, xorbrosťu^*	xorbrostьjь, xorbrosti^*
Locative	*xorbrosti	xorbrostьju, xorbrosťu^*	*xorbrostьxъ
Dative	*xorbrosti	*xorbrostьma	*xorbrostьmъ
Instrumental	xorbrostьjǫ, xorbrosťǫ^*	*xorbrostьma	*xorbrostьmi
Vocative	*xorbrosti	*xorbrosti	*xorbrosti

^* 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: хра́брасць (xrábrascʹ)
- Russian: хоробрость (xorobrostʹ) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: хоробрість (xorobristʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: храбрость (xrabrostĭ)
  - → Russian: храбрость (xrabrostʹ)
- Bulgarian: храброст (hrabrost)
- Macedonian: храброст (hrabrost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: хра́бро̄ст
  Latin: hrábrōst
- Slovene: hrábrost
West Slavic:
- Czech: chrabrost
- Polish: chrobrość
- Slovak: chrabrosť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: khrobłosć
  - Lower Sorbian: chrobrosć (obsolete)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorbrostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 71