Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъska. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъska, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъska in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъska you have here. The definition of the word
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъska will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъska, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to Vasmer, related to *tъščь (“hollow”).
Noun
*tъska f
- melancholy, sorrow, grief
Declension
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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:
- Old East Slavic: тъска (tŭska)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тоска́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тоска́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 253
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “тоска”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2010), “таска́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 13 (су- – трапка́ч), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN