Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьrnota

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 *čьrnъ (“black”) +‎ *-ota (“-ness”).

Noun

*čьrnota f

  1. blackness

Inflection

Declension of *čьrnota (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čьrnota *čьrnotě *čьrnoty
genitive *čьrnoty *čьrnotu *čьrnotъ
dative *čьrnotě *čьrnotama *čьrnotamъ
accusative *čьrnotǫ *čьrnotě *čьrnoty
instrumental *čьrnotojǫ, *čьrnotǫ** *čьrnotama *čьrnotami
locative *čьrnotě *čьrnotu *čьrnotasъ, *čьrnotaxъ*
vocative *čьrnoto *čьrnotě *čьrnoty

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чьрнота (čĭrnota), чернота (černota)
      • Old Ruthenian: чорнота́ (čornotá)
        • Belarusian: чарната́ (čarnatá)
        • Ukrainian: чорнота́ (čornotá)
      • Russian: чернота́ (černotá)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: černota
    • Slovak: černota, čiernota

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьrnota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 154
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