Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/radostь

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

From *radъ (“happy, glad”) +‎ *-ostь (“-ness”).

Noun

*radostь f

1. joy, happiness
2. gladness

Declension

Declension of *radostь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*radostь	*radosti	*radosti
genitive	*radosti	*radostьju, *radosťu*	*radostьjь, *radosti*
dative	*radosti	*radostьma	*radostьmъ
accusative	*radostь	*radosti	*radosti
instrumental	*radostьjǫ, *radosťǫ*	*radostьma	*radostьmi
locative	*radosti	*radostьju, *radosťu*	*radostьxъ
vocative	*radosti	*radosti	*radosti

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *neradostь (“concern, worry”) (antonym)
• *radostiti (“to make happy”)
• *radostьnъ (“glad”)

Related terms

• *radina (“joyness”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: радость (radostĭ)
    • Old Belarusian: радость (radostʹ)
      • Belarusian: ра́дасць (rádascʹ)
    • Russian: ра́дость (rádostʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ра́дість (rádistʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: радость (radostĭ)
  • Bulgarian: ра́дост (rádost)
  • Macedonian: радост (radost)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ра̏до̄ст

    Latin script: rȁdōst

  • Slovene: radọ̑st (tonal orthography), rádost
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: radost
    • Czech: radost
  • Polabian: rådüst
  • Polish: radość
  • Slovak: radosť

Further reading

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “радост”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 145
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “radost”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si