Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytrostь

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 *xytrъ (“cunning”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*xytrostь f^[1]

cunning, slyness, craftiness

Inflection

Declension of *xytrostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xytrostь	*xytrosti	*xytrosti
genitive	*xytrosti	xytrostьju, xytrosťu^*	xytrostьjь, xytrosti^*
dative	*xytrosti	*xytrostьma	*xytrostьmъ
accusative	*xytrostь	*xytrosti	*xytrosti
instrumental	xytrostьjǫ, xytrosťǫ^*	*xytrostьma	*xytrostьmi
locative	*xytrosti	xytrostьju, xytrosťu^*	*xytrostьxъ
vocative	*xytrosti	*xytrosti	*xytrosti

^* 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:
- Russian: хи́трость (xítrostʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: хꙑтрость (xytrostĭ)
- Bulgarian: хитрост (hitrost)
- Macedonian: итрост (itrost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хи̏тро̄ст
  
  Latin script: hȉtrōst
- Slovene: hitrọ̑st (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: chytrost
- Polish: chytrość

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytrostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 162

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytrostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 162

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