хоть

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Old Church Slavonic

Noun

хоть • (xotĭ) m

  1. lust
  2. lover

Declension

Declension of хоть (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative хоть
xotĭ 		хоти
xoti 		хотьѥ, хотиѥ
xotĭje, xotije
genitive хоти
xoti 		хотью, хотию
xotĭju, xotiju 		хотьи, хотии
xotĭi, xotii
dative хоти
xoti 		хотьма
xotĭma 		хотьмъ
xotĭmŭ
accusative хоть
xotĭ 		хоти
xoti 		хоти
xoti
instrumental хотьмь
xotĭmĭ 		хотьма
xotĭma 		хотьми
xotĭmi
locative хоти
xoti 		хотью, хотию
xotĭju, xotiju 		хотьхъ
xotĭxŭ
vocative хоти
xoti 		хоти
xoti 		хотьѥ, хотиѥ
xotĭje, xotije

Derived terms

References

  • Old Church Slavonic: An Elementary Grammar by S. C. Gardiner, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, shortened from хотя́ (xotjá), probably from Old East Slavic хотѧ (xotę, present active participle of хотѣти (xotěti)). Compare Polish choć and its derivation from Old Polish chocia.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

хоть • (xotʹ)

  1. although
  2. even if

Particle

хоть • (xotʹ)

  1. at least, if only
  2. for example, even, you may, might as well

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: hot

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хотя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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