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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junostь

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 *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*junostь f

  1. youth (age)

Inflection
Declension of *junostь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *junostь *junosti *junosti
genitive *junosti *junostьju, *junosťu* *junostьjь, *junosti*
dative *junosti *junostьma *junostьmъ
accusative *junostь *junosti *junosti
instrumental *junostьjǫ, *junosťǫ* *junostьma *junostьmi
locative *junosti *junostьju, *junosťu* *junostьxъ
vocative *junosti *junosti *junosti
* 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: ю́насць (júnascʹ)
    • Russian: ю́ность (júnostʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ю́ність (júnistʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: юность (junostĭ)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*junostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 194
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