Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/roďьstvo

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 *roditi +‎ *-ьstvo.

Noun

*roďьstvo n

1. birth
2. birthday
3. Christmas (festival celebrating the birth of Jesus)

Declension

Declension of *roďьstvo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*roďьstvo	*roďьstvě	*roďьstva
genitive	*roďьstva	*roďьstvu	*roďьstvъ
dative	*roďьstvu	*roďьstvoma	*roďьstvomъ
accusative	*roďьstvo	*roďьstvě	*roďьstva
instrumental	*roďьstvъmь, *roďьstvomь*	*roďьstvoma	*roďьstvy
locative	*roďьstvě	*roďьstvu	*roďьstvěxъ
vocative	*roďьstvo	*roďьstvě	*roďьstva

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рожьство (rožĭstvo), рожество (rožestvo)
    • Old Ruthenian: рожество́ (rožestvó), рожство́ (rožstvó), розство́ (rozstvó), розтво́ (roztvó), роство́ (rostvó)
      • Belarusian: раство́ (rastvó), ражаство́ (ražastvó), рожество́ (rožjestvó), роздво́ (rozdvó), ражство́ (ražstvó), рождво́ (roždvó)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: ріство́ (ristvó)
      • Ukrainian: різдво́ (rizdvó), Різдво́ (Rizdvó)
    • Russian: рожство́ (rožstvó), рожество́ (rožestvó) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: рождьство (roždĭstvo), розьство (rozĭstvo)

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⱁⰶⰴⱐⱄⱅⰲⱁ (roždĭstvo), ⱃⱁⰸⱐⱄⱅⰲⱁ (rozĭstvo)

    • Bulgarian: рождество́ (roždestvó)
    • Macedonian: рождество (roždestvo) (archaic)
    • → Old East Slavic: рождьство (roždĭstvo)
      • Old Ruthenian: рождество́ (roždestvó)
        • Belarusian: ражджаство́ (raždžastvó)
      • Russian: рождество́ (roždestvó)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: рождѐство

      Latin script: roždèstvo

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: родство

    Latin script: rodstvo

  • Slovene: rizdvo

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Рождество”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “ражаство́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 35
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “раство́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 137