Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrǫščь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrǫščь

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 *xrǫstъ +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*xrǫ̃ščь m[1]

1. cockchafer, scarab

Declension

Declension of *xrǫ̃ščь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*xrǫ̃ščь	*xrǭščà	*xrǭščì
Accusative	*xrǫ̃ščь	*xrǭščà	*xrǭščę̇̀
Genitive	*xrǭščà	*xrǭščù	*xrǫ̃ščь
Locative	*xrǭščì	*xrǭščù	*xrǫ̃ščixъ
Dative	*xrǭščù	*xrǭščèma	*xrǫ̃ščemъ
Instrumental	*xrǭščь̀mь, *xrǭščèmь*	*xrǭščèma	*xrǫ̃šči
Vocative	*xrǫšču	*xrǭščà	*xrǭščì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *xrǫščalь (“cartilage”)

Related terms

• *xręščь (“gristle”)
• *xręstati (“to crackle”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: хрущъ (xrušč)
      • Belarusian: хрушч (xrušč)
      • Ukrainian: хрущ (xrušč)
    • Middle Russian: хрущъ (xrušč)
      • Russian: хрущ (xrušč) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: хрѫщь (xrǫštĭ)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: хрушт

    Latin: hrušt

  • Slovene: hrȍšč (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: chroust, křų̊ść (dialectal), Chříč
  • Kashubian: chrząszcz
  • Polish: chrząszcz
  • Slovak: chrúst
  • Slovincian: xrǫšč
  • Lower Sorbian: chrust

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хрущ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrǫščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 105

References

1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “hrošč”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *xrǫšťь̏”