Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zavistь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zavistь

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 *za- +‎ *viděti.

Noun

*zavistь f

1. envy

Declension

Declension of *zavistь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zavistь	*zavisti	*zavisti
Accusative	*zavistь	*zavisti	*zavisti
Genitive	*zavisti	*zavistьju, *zavisťu*	*zavistьjь, *zavisti*
Locative	*zavisti	*zavistьju, *zavisťu*	*zavistьxъ
Dative	*zavisti	*zavistьma	*zavistьmъ
Instrumental	*zavistьjǫ, *zavisťǫ*	*zavistьma	*zavistьmi
Vocative	*zavisti	*zavisti	*zavisti

^* 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: зависть (zavistĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: зависть (zavistʹ)[1][2]
      • Ukrainian: зависть (zavystʹ)
    • Russian: зависть (zavistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: зависть (zavistĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰸⰰⰲⰻⱄⱅⱐ (zavistĭ)

  • Bulgarian: завист (zavist)
  • Macedonian: завист (zavist)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: за́вист

    Latin: závist

    • Kajkavian (Bednja): zāōvȉst
  • Slovene: zavȋst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: závist
    • Czech: závist
  • Old Polish: zawiść
    • Polish: zawiść
  • Silesian: zŏwiść
  • Slovak: závisť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zawisć
    • Lower Sorbian: zawisć

Further reading

• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “завист”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 575

1. Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “зависть”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – М, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 372
2. Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “зависть”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 126