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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gosti
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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
Declension
Declension of *gosti (ī-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gosti | *gosťi | *gosťę̇ |
| Accusative | *gosťǫ | *gosťi | *gosťę̇ |
| Genitive | *gosťę̇ | *gosťu | *gosťь |
| Locative | *gosťi | *gosťu | *gosťasъ, *gosťaxъ* |
| Dative | *gosťi | *gosťama | *gosťamъ |
| Instrumental | *gosťejǫ, *gosťǫ** | *gosťama | *gosťami |
| Vocative | *gosťe | *gosťi | *gosťę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gosti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 64
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