Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorostь
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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
Apparently from *xorъ (“dark, black”) + *-ostь, though the semantics are difficult.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xorostь | *xorosti | *xorosti |
| genitive | *xorosti | *xorostьju, *xorosťu* | *xorostьjь, *xorosti* |
| dative | *xorosti | *xorostьma | *xorostьmъ |
| accusative | *xorostь | *xorosti | *xorosti |
| instrumental | *xorostьjǫ, *xorosťǫ* | *xorostьma | *xorostьmi |
| locative | *xorosti | *xorostьju, *xorosťu* | *xorostьxъ |
| vocative | *xorosti | *xorosti | *xorosti |
* 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
adjectives
- *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)
Related terms
- *xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”)
- *xorovitъ (“beautiful; kind, fine”)
- *xorxoriti (“to brag, show off; to be defiant”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorostь?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 79
- ^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хороший”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 498: “*хорость ― *xorostʹ”
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хороший”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 203: “псл. *xorostь ― psl. *xorostʹ”