Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gnusъ

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

May be related to Proto-Germanic *gnattaz (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*gnȗsъ m^[1]

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Declension

Declension of *gnȗsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gnȗsъ	*gnȗsa	*gnȗsi
genitive	*gnȗsa	*gnusù	*gnũsъ
dative	*gnȗsu	*gnusomà	*gnusòmъ
accusative	*gnȗsъ	*gnȗsa	*gnȗsy
instrumental	gnȗsъmь, gnȗsomь^*	*gnusomà	*gnusý
locative	*gnȗsě	*gnusù	*gnusě̃xъ
vocative	*gnuse	*gnȗsa	*gnȗsi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: гнюс (hnjus)
- Russian: гнус (gnus)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: гнус (gnus)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: гну̑с
  
  Latin script: gnȗs
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): gnjȗs
- Slovene: gnus
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hnus
  - Czech: hnus
- Old Polish: gnus
- Slovak: hnus

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: gonosz

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gnȗsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “m. o (c)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gnȗsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170: “m. o (c)”

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