Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xromostь

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

By surface analysis, *xromъ +‎ *-ostь.

Noun

*xromostь f^[1]

lameness, limping

Declension

Declension of *xromostь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xromostь	*xromosti	*xromosti
genitive	*xromosti	xromostьju, xromosťu^*	xromostьjь, xromosti^*
dative	*xromosti	*xromostьma	*xromostьmъ
accusative	*xromostь	*xromosti	*xromosti
instrumental	xromostьjǫ, xromosťǫ^*	*xromostьma	*xromostьmi
locative	*xromosti	xromostьju, xromosťu^*	*xromostьxъ
vocative	*xromosti	*xromosti	*xromosti

^* 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:
- Russian: хро́мость (xrómostʹ)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: хро̏мо̄ст
  
  Latin script: hrȍmōst
- Slovene: hromọ̑st (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: chromost
  - Czech: chromost
- Polish: chromość
- Slovak: chromosť

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xromostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 101

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xromostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 101

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