Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bogatьstvo

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 *bogàtъ (“rich, wealthy”) +‎ *-ьstvo, from *bȏgъ (“god”) +‎ *-àtъ.

Noun

*bogatьstvo n

1. wealth, fortune
2. richness

Declension

Declension of *bogatьstvo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bogatьstvo	*bogatьstvě	*bogatьstva
genitive	*bogatьstva	*bogatьstvu	*bogatьstvъ
dative	*bogatьstvu	*bogatьstvoma	*bogatьstvomъ
accusative	*bogatьstvo	*bogatьstvě	*bogatьstva
instrumental	*bogatьstvъmь, *bogatьstvomь*	*bogatьstvoma	*bogatьstvy
locative	*bogatьstvě	*bogatьstvu	*bogatьstvěxъ
vocative	*bogatьstvo	*bogatьstvě	*bogatьstva

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic: богатьство (bogatĭstvo)
  • Old Belarusian: богатьство (bohatʹstvo)
  • Russian: бога́тство (bogátstvo)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: богатство (bohatstvo)
  • Ukrainian: бага́тство (bahátstvo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: богатьство (bogatĭstvo)

    Glagolitic: ⰱⱁⰳⰰⱅⱐⱄⱅⰲⱁ (bogatĭstvo)

  • Bulgarian: бога́тство (bogátstvo)
  • Macedonian: бо́гатство (bógatstvo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бога̀тство

    Roman: bogàtstvo

  • Slovene: bogȃstvo (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bohatstvo
  • Old Polish: bogactwo, bogacstwo, bogastwo, bogatstwo
    • Polish: bogactwo
    • Silesian: bogajstwo
  • Slovak: bohatstvo
  • Slovincian: bôgactwô
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bohatstvo
    • Lower Sorbian: bogatstwo, bogastwo

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bogatьstvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 158