Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldežь

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 1

    From *molděti (“to appear young”) +‎ *-ežь.

    Noun

    *moldežь f

    1. youth
      Antonym: *starežь
    Inflection
    Declension of *moldežь (i-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *moldežь *moldeži *moldeži
    genitive *moldeži *moldežьju, *moldežu* *moldežьjь, *moldeži*
    dative *moldeži *moldežьma *moldežьmъ
    accusative *moldežь *moldeži *moldeži
    instrumental *moldežьjǫ, *moldežǫ* *moldežьma *moldežьmi
    locative *moldeži *moldežьju, *moldežu* *moldežьxъ
    vocative *moldeži *moldeži *moldeži

    * 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).

    Alternative forms
    • *molděžь
    Derived terms
    • *moldežьnъ (“youthful”)
    • *moldežьskъ (“juvenile”)
    Descendants
    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: молодежь (molodežĭ) (occasionally молодѣжь (moloděžĭ))
      • Belarusian: молодзя́ж (molodzjáž), молодзéж (molodzéž), мо́ладзеш (móladzješ)
      • Russian: молоде́жь (molodéžʹ), мо́лодёжь (mólodjožʹ)
      • Ukrainian: мо́лодіж (mólodiž)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
    Further reading
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moldežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 154
    • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “младеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152
    • Snoj, Marko (2016), “mlȃdež”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

    Etymology 2

      From *mȏldъ (“young”) +‎ *-ežь.

      Noun

      *moldežь m

      1. young person
      Inflection
      Declension of *moldežь (soft o-stem)
      singular dual plural
      nominative *moldežь *moldeža *moldeži
      genitive *moldeža *moldežu *moldežь
      dative *moldežu *moldežema *moldežemъ
      accusative *moldežь *moldeža *moldežę̇
      instrumental *moldežьmь, *moldežemь* *moldežema *moldeži
      locative *moldeži *moldežu *moldežixъ
      vocative *moldežu *moldeža *moldeži

      * -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

      • *moldikъ, *moldiťь, *moldičь (“child, young one”)
      • *moldokъ (“novice, youth”)
      • *moldьcь (“child”)
      Descendants
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