Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jarostь

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 *jarъ +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*jarostь f

  1. fury

Inflection

Declension of *jarostь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *jarostь *jarosti *jarosti
genitive *jarosti *jarostьju, *jarosťu* *jarostьjь, *jarosti*
dative *jarosti *jarostьma *jarostьmъ
accusative *jarostь *jarosti *jarosti
instrumental *jarostьjǫ, *jarosťǫ* *jarostьma *jarostьmi
locative *jarosti *jarostьju, *jarosťu* *jarostьxъ
vocative *jarosti *jarosti *jarosti

* 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 Ruthenian: ꙗ́рость (járostʹ)
      • Belarusian: я́расць (járascʹ)
      • Ukrainian: я́рість (járistʹ)
    • Russian: я́рость (járostʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: jarost
    • Polish: jarość
    • Slovak: jarosť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: jěrosć
      • Lower Sorbian: jarosć (obsolete)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jarostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 177