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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldežь
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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 1
From *molděti (“to appear young”) + *-ežь.
Alternative forms
- *molděžь
Inflection
Declension of *moldežь (i-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *moldežь | *moldeži | *moldeži |
| Accusative | *moldežь | *moldeži | *moldeži |
| Genitive | *moldeži | *moldežьju, *moldežu* | *moldežьjь, *moldeži* |
| Locative | *moldeži | *moldežьju, *moldežu* | *moldežьxъ |
| Dative | *moldeži | *moldežьma | *moldežьmъ |
| Instrumental | *moldežьjǫ, *moldežǫ* | *moldežьma | *moldežьmi |
| Vocative | *moldeži | *moldeži | *moldeži |
* 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
- *moldežьnъ (“youthful”)
- *moldežьskъ (“juvenile”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moldežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 154
- Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “младеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 152
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “mlȃdež”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si
Inflection
Declension of *moldežь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *moldežь | *moldeža | *moldeži |
| Accusative | *moldežь | *moldeža | *moldežę̇ |
| Genitive | *moldeža | *moldežu | *moldežь |
| Locative | *moldeži | *moldežu | *moldežixъ |
| Dative | *moldežu | *moldežema | *moldežemъ |
| Instrumental | *moldežьmь, *moldežemь* | *moldežema | *moldeži |
| Vocative | *moldežu | *moldeža | *moldeži |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *moldikъ, *moldiťь, *moldičь (“child, young one”)
- *moldokъ (“novice, youth”)
- *moldьcь (“child”)
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