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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьsь

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьśь
 This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-. Cognate with Latvian vìesis, Latin vīcus.

Noun

*vь̀sь f [1]

  1. village

Declension
Declension of *vь̀sь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vь̀sь *vьsì *vьsì
Accusative *vь̀sь *vьsì *vьsì
Genitive *vь̀si *vь̀sьju, *vьšu* *vьsь̀jь, *vь̀si*
Locative *vь̀si *vь̀sьju, *vьšu* *vьsь̀xъ
Dative *vьsì *vь̀sьma *vьsь̀mъ
Instrumental *vь̀sьjǫ, *vь̀šǫ* *vь̀sьma *vь̀sьmī
Vocative *vьsi *vьsì *vьsì
* 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: весь (vesĭ)
    • Belarusian: весь (vjesʹ), вёска (vjóska)
    • Russian: весь (vesʹ) (dated or in set expressions), ве́слина (véslina) (dialectal), весца́ (vescá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: вьсь (vĭsĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: вас
      Latin: vas, ves
    • Slovene: vȃs (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 517

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vьsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
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