Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/materinьstvo

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 *materinъ (“maternal, mother's”) +‎ *-ьstvo, the first word being from *materь (“mother”) + *-inъ.[1]

Noun

*materinьstvo n

  1. maternity

Declension

Declension of *materinьstvo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *materinьstvo *materinьstvě *materinьstva
genitive *materinьstva *materinьstvu *materinьstvъ
dative *materinьstvu *materinьstvoma *materinьstvomъ
accusative *materinьstvo *materinьstvě *materinьstva
instrumental *materinьstvъmь, *materinьstvomь* *materinьstvoma *materinьstvy
locative *materinьstvě *materinьstvu *materinьstvěxъ
vocative *materinьstvo *materinьstvě *materinьstva

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: матери́нство (materínstvo)
    • Ukrainian: матери́нство (materýnstvo)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*materinьstvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 242
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