Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gordьcь

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 *gordъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*gordьcь m

  1. diminutive of *gordъ
    Synonym: *gordъkъ

Inflection

Declension of *gordьcь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gordьcь *gordьca *gordьci
genitive *gordьca *gordьcu *gordьcь
dative *gordьcu *gordьcema *gordьcemъ
accusative *gordьcь *gordьca *gordьcę̇
instrumental *gordьcьmь, *gordьcemь* *gordьcema *gordьci
locative *gordьci *gordьcu *gordьcixъ
vocative *gordьče *gordьca *gordьci

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: городьць (gorodĭcĭ), Городьць (Gorodĭcĭ)
      • Russian: городе́ц (gorodéc), Городе́ц (Gorodéc)
      • Ukrainian: горо́дець (horódecʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: градьць (gradĭcĭ)
    • Bulgarian: граде́ц (gradéc)
    • Macedonian: градец (gradec)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гра́дац, Гра́дац
      Latin script: grádac, Grádac
    • Slovene: grȃdəc, Grȃdəc (tonal orthography)
    • Middle High German: Graz
  • West Slavic:


Further Reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gordьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 39