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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 *gorьkъ (“bitter”) + *-ostь.
Noun
*gořestь f
- bitterness
- (by abstraction) sorrow, grief
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gořestь | *gořesti | *gořesti |
| genitive | *gořesti | *gořestьju, *gořesťu* | *gořestьjь, *gořesti* |
| dative | *gořesti | *gořestьma | *gořestьmъ |
| accusative | *gořestь | *gořesti | *gořesti |
| instrumental | *gořestьjǫ, *gořesťǫ* | *gořestьma | *gořestьmi |
| locative | *gořesti | *gořestьju, *gořesťu* | *gořestьxъ |
| vocative | *gořesti | *gořesti | *gořesti |
* 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:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Church Slavonic: горесть (gorestĭ) (Russian recension)
- Bulgarian: го́рест (górest)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: gorȇst (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gořestь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 41