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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

  1. bitterness
  2. (by abstraction) sorrow, grief

Declension

Declension of *gořestь (i-stem)
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

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gořestь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 41