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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьstь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kistis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis from (s)kʷeyt-. Cognate with Sanskrit चित्ति (cítti, “thinking, understanding”) and Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cisti, “consciousness”).

Noun

*čь̏stь f[1][2]

  1. honor, respect

Inflection
Declension of *čь̏stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *čь̏stь *čь̏sti *čь̏sti
genitive *čьstí *čьstьjù, *čьsťu* *čьstь̀jь
dative *čь̏sti *čьstьmà *čь̏stьmъ
accusative *čь̏stь *čь̏sti *čь̏sti
instrumental *čьstьjǫ́ *čьstьmà *čьstьmì
locative *čьstí *čьstьjù, *čьsťu* *čь̏stьxъ
vocative *čьsti *čь̏sti *čь̏sti
* 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

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “честь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьstь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 175

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čь̑stь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 94: “f. i (c) ‘honour, respect’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “čьstь čьsti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. b (IRU 78); c (SA 83; PR 138) honor”
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