< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьstьnota
 | 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 *čьstьnъ (“honourable”) + *-otà.
Noun
*čьstьnota f
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Declension
Declension of *čьstьnota (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *čьstьnota | *čьstьnotě | *čьstьnoty |
| Accusative | *čьstьnotǫ | *čьstьnotě | *čьstьnoty |
| Genitive | *čьstьnoty | *čьstьnotu | *čьstьnotъ |
| Locative | *čьstьnotě | *čьstьnotu | *čьstьnotasъ, *čьstьnotaxъ* |
| Dative | *čьstьnotě | *čьstьnotama | *čьstьnotamъ |
| Instrumental | *čьstьnotojǫ, *čьstьnotǫ** | *čьstьnotama | *čьstьnotami |
| Vocative | *čьstьnoto | *čьstьnotě | *čьstьnoty |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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:
- Ukrainian: чесно́та (česnóta)
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: czsnota
- Polish: cnota
- → Old Ruthenian: цно́та (cnóta)
- Belarusian: цно́та (cnóta)
- Ukrainian: цно́та (cnóta); сно́та (snóta) (dialectal)
- → Old Ruthenian: цно́та (cnóta)
- Polish: cnota
- Slovak: ctnota, cnota
- Old Polish: czsnota
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “цно́та”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 262