Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glupostь
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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 *glupъ (“stupid”) + *-ostь.
Noun
*glupostь f
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *glupostь | *gluposti | *gluposti |
| genitive | *gluposti | *glupostьju, *gluposťu* | *glupostьjь, *gluposti* |
| dative | *gluposti | *glupostьma | *glupostьmъ |
| accusative | *glupostь | *gluposti | *gluposti |
| instrumental | *glupostьjǫ, *gluposťǫ* | *glupostьma | *glupostьmi |
| locative | *gluposti | *glupostьju, *gluposťu* | *glupostьxъ |
| vocative | *gluposti | *gluposti | *gluposti |
* 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:
- Russian: глупость (glupostʹ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glupostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 151