Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pasьnostь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *o(b)pasьnъ (“vigilant, wary”) + *-ostь (“-ness”).
Noun
*o(b)pasьnostь f
- attentiveness, wariness
- (by extension) danger
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *o(b)pasьnostь | *o(b)pasьnosti | *o(b)pasьnosti |
| genitive | *o(b)pasьnosti | *o(b)pasьnostьju, *o(b)pasьnosťu* | *o(b)pasьnostьjь, *o(b)pasьnosti* |
| dative | *o(b)pasьnosti | *o(b)pasьnostьma | *o(b)pasьnostьmъ |
| accusative | *o(b)pasьnostь | *o(b)pasьnosti | *o(b)pasьnosti |
| instrumental | *o(b)pasьnostьjǫ, *o(b)pasьnosťǫ* | *o(b)pasьnostьma | *o(b)pasьnostьmi |
| locative | *o(b)pasьnosti | *o(b)pasьnostьju, *o(b)pasьnosťu* | *o(b)pasьnostьxъ |
| vocative | *o(b)pasьnosti | *o(b)pasьnosti | *o(b)pasьnosti |
* 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: опасность (opasnostĭ)
- Russian: опа́сность (opásnostʹ)
- Old East Slavic: опасность (opasnostĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: опа́сност (opásnost)
- Macedonian: опасност (opasnost)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: опа́сно̄ст
- Latin script: opásnōst
- Slovene: opásnost (tonal orthography)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obpasьnostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 165