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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrstь

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 *gursti-. Cognate with Latvian gùrste (“bundle of flax”) and possibly with Ancient Greek ἀγοστός (agostós, “flat of the hand”).

Noun

*gъ̑rstь f

  1. cupped hand

Inflection
Declension of *gъ̑rstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *gъ̑rstь *gъ̑rsti *gъ̑rsti
genitive *gъrstí *gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu* *gъrstь̀jь
dative *gъ̑rsti *gъrstьmà *gъ̑rstьmъ
accusative *gъ̑rstь *gъ̑rsti *gъ̑rsti
instrumental *gъrstьjǫ́ *gъrstьmà *gъrstьmì
locative *gъrstí *gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu* *gъ̑rstьxъ
vocative *gъrsti *gъ̑rsti *gъ̑rsti
* 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:
    • Belarusian: горсць (horscʹ)
    • Russian: горсть (gorstʹ)
    • Ukrainian: горсть (horstʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: гръсть (grŭstĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱏⱄⱅⱐ (grŭstĭ)
    • Bulgarian: гръ́ст (grǎ́st)
    • Macedonian: грст (grst)
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пре̏гр̄шт
      Latin script: prȅgr̄št
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): gȓs
    • Slovene: grst
  • West Slavic:

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gъ̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 199
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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