Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orzkošь

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

Alternative forms

  • *orzkoša

Etymology

A nominal formation from *orzkoxati, *orzkošiti (“to revel, orgasm”), from *orz- + a root represented by *koxati (“to make love to”).[1]

Noun

*orzkošь f

  1. voluptuousness, pleasure, orgasm

Inflection

Declension of *orzkošь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *orzkošь *orzkoši *orzkoši
genitive *orzkoši *orzkošьju, *orzkošu* *orzkošьjь, *orzkoši*
dative *orzkoši *orzkošьma *orzkošьmъ
accusative *orzkošь *orzkoši *orzkoši
instrumental *orzkošьjǫ, *orzkošǫ* *orzkošьma *orzkošьmi
locative *orzkoši *orzkošьju, *orzkošu* *orzkošьxъ
vocative *orzkoši *orzkoši *orzkoši

* 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: *розкошь (*rozkošĭ), *роскошь (*roskošĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: раскошь (raskošĭ)
    • Bulgarian: разко́ш (razkóš)
    • Macedonian: раскош (raskoš)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Slovene: razkȏš
  • West Slavic:
  • *orzkoxati impf (“to revel, to orgasm”)
  • *orzkošiti pf (“to revel, to orgasm”)

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “rozkosz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, pages 520–521

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ро́скошь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Jakobson, Roman (1958) “While Reading Vasmer’s Dictionary”, in Selected Writings II. Words and Language., Paris: Mouton, published 1971, page 639
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