Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pustъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *paustas, further etymology is unknown. Cognate with Old Prussian pausto (“wild”). May be connected to Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “end, rest, pause”) (whence English pause), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, but Derksen challenges this on accentual grounds.[1]
Adjective
*pȗstъ[1]
Inflection
Accent paradigm c.
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pustъ | *pusta | *pusto |
| genitive | *pusta | *pusty | *pusta |
| dative | *pustu | *pustě | *pustu |
| accusative | *pustъ | *pustǫ | *pusto |
| instrumental | *pustomь | *pustojǫ | *pustomь |
| locative | *pustě | *pustě | *pustě |
| vocative | *puste | *pusto | *pusto |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *pusta | *pustě | *pustě |
| genitive | *pustu | *pustu | *pustu |
| dative | *pustoma | *pustama | *pustoma |
| accusative | *pusta | *pustě | *pustě |
| instrumental | *pustoma | *pustama | *pustoma |
| locative | *pustu | *pustu | *pustu |
| vocative | *pusta | *pustě | *pustě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *pusti | *pusty | *pusta |
| genitive | *pustъ | *pustъ | *pustъ |
| dative | *pustomъ | *pustamъ | *pustomъ |
| accusative | *pusty | *pusty | *pusta |
| instrumental | *pusty | *pustami | *pusty |
| locative | *pustěxъ | *pustaxъ | *pustěxъ |
| vocative | *pusti | *pusty | *pusta |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pustъjь | *pustaja | *pustoje |
| genitive | *pustajego | *pustyję̇ | *pustajego |
| dative | *pustujemu | *pustěji | *pustujemu |
| accusative | *pustъjь | *pustǫjǫ | *pustoje |
| instrumental | *pustyjimь | *pustǫjǫ | *pustyjimь |
| locative | *pustějemь | *pustěji | *pustějemь |
| vocative | *pustъjь | *pustaja | *pustoje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *pustaja | *pustěji | *pustěji |
| genitive | *pustuju | *pustuju | *pustuju |
| dative | *pustyjima | *pustyjima | *pustyjima |
| accusative | *pustaja | *pustěji | *pustěji |
| instrumental | *pustyjima | *pustyjima | *pustyjima |
| locative | *pustuju | *pustuju | *pustuju |
| vocative | *pustaja | *pustěji | *pustěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *pustiji | *pustyję̇ | *pustaja |
| genitive | *pustъjixъ | *pustъjixъ | *pustъjixъ |
| dative | *pustyjimъ | *pustyjimъ | *pustyjimъ |
| accusative | *pustyję̇ | *pustyję̇ | *pustaja |
| instrumental | *pustyjimi | *pustyjimi | *pustyjimi |
| locative | *pustyjixъ | *pustyjixъ | *pustyjixъ |
| vocative | *pustiji | *pustyję̇ | *pustaja |
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Latvian: põsts
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пустой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pȗstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424: “adj. o (c) ‘empty, desolate’”