Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krotostь

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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 *krotъkъ (“meek”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*krotostь f

  1. meekness

Inflection

Declension of *krotostь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *krotostь *krotosti *krotosti
genitive *krotosti *krotostьju, *krotosťu* *krotostьjь, *krotosti*
dative *krotosti *krotostьma *krotostьmъ
accusative *krotostь *krotosti *krotosti
instrumental *krotostьjǫ, *krotosťǫ* *krotostьma *krotostьmi
locative *krotosti *krotostьju, *krotosťu* *krotostьxъ
vocative *krotosti *krotosti *krotosti
* 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 (1987), “*krotostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 18
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