Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strastь

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 *stradati (to suffer) +‎ *-tь.

Noun

*strȃstь f[1][2]

  1. suffering, torment, anguish
  2. emotional burden, pain
    Synonyms: *gořestь, *pečalь
  3. passion, strong emotion
  4. patience[1]
    Synonym: *tьrpěnьje

Declension

Declension of *strȃstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *strȃstь *strȃsti *strȃsti
genitive *strastí *strastьjù, *strasťu* *strastь̀jь
dative *strȃsti *strastьmà *strȃstьmъ
accusative *strȃstь *strȃsti *strȃsti
instrumental *strastьjǫ́ *strastьmà *strastьmì
locative *strastí *strastьjù, *strasťu* *strȃstьxъ
vocative *strasti *strȃsti *strȃsti

* 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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: страсть (strastĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “страсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “страст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 489

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “strast”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*strȃstь
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “strastь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:f. c lidenskab (PR 138)