Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnostь

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 *lěnъ (“lazy”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*lěnostь f

laziness

Inflection

Declension of *lěnostь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lěnostь	*lěnosti	*lěnosti
Accusative	*lěnostь	*lěnosti	*lěnosti
Genitive	*lěnosti	lěnostьju, lěnosťu^*	lěnostьjь, lěnosti^*
Locative	*lěnosti	lěnostьju, lěnosťu^*	*lěnostьxъ
Dative	*lěnosti	*lěnostьma	*lěnostьmъ
Instrumental	lěnostьjǫ, lěnosťǫ^*	*lěnostьma	*lěnostьmi
Vocative	*lěnosti	*lěnosti	*lěnosti

^* 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: ле́ность (lénostʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: лѣность (lěnostĭ)
- Bulgarian: лѐност (lènost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ле́но̄ст, лије́но̄ст
  
  Latin: lénōst, lijénōst
West Slavic:
- Czech: lenost

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