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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
*po- + *xоtь (likely an alternative vocalism of *xъtь, *xǫtь (“desire”))
Noun
*poxotь f
- lust
- Synonym: *lьstь
Declension
* 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
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: похоть (poxotĭ)
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хоть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “похот¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 564
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “pohota”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si