Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junostь
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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 *junъ (“young”) + *-ostь.
Noun
*junostь f
- youth (age)
Inflection
Declension of *junostь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *junostь | *junosti | *junosti |
| genitive | *junosti | *junostьju, *junosťu* | *junostьjь, *junosti* |
| dative | *junosti | *junostьma | *junostьmъ |
| accusative | *junostь | *junosti | *junosti |
| instrumental | *junostьjǫ, *junosťǫ* | *junostьma | *junostьmi |
| locative | *junosti | *junostьju, *junosťu* | *junostьxъ |
| vocative | *junosti | *junosti | *junosti |
* 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:
- Old Cyrillic script: юность (junostĭ)
- Old Church Slavonic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*junostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 194