Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldežь
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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 1
From *molděti (“to appear young”) + *-ežь.
Noun
*moldežь f
Alternative forms
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *moldežь | *moldeži | *moldeži |
| genitive | *moldeži | *moldežьju, *moldežu* | *moldežьjь, *moldeži* |
| dative | *moldeži | *moldežьma | *moldežьmъ |
| accusative | *moldežь | *moldeži | *moldeži |
| instrumental | *moldežьjǫ, *moldežǫ* | *moldežьma | *moldežьmi |
| locative | *moldeži | *moldežьju, *moldežu* | *moldežьxъ |
| vocative | *moldeži | *moldeži | *moldeži |
* 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).
Derived terms
- *moldežьnъ (“youthful”)
- *moldežьskъ (“juvenile”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moldežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 154
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “младеж”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “mlȃdež”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Etymology 2
From *moldъ (“young”) + *-ežь.
Noun
*moldežь m
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *moldežь | *moldeža | *moldeži |
| genitive | *moldeža | *moldežu | *moldežь |
| dative | *moldežu | *moldežema | *moldežemъ |
| accusative | *moldežь | *moldeža | *moldežę̇ |
| instrumental | *moldežьmь, *moldežemь* | *moldežema | *moldeži |
| locative | *moldeži | *moldežu | *moldežixъ |
| vocative | *moldežu | *moldeža | *moldeži |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.