Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koristь

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

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Noun

*koristь f

1. (originally) loot, award
2. (by extension) gain, profit

Inflection

Declension of *koristь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koristь	*koristi	*koristi
genitive	*koristi	*koristьju, *korisťu*	*koristьjь, *koristi*
dative	*koristi	*koristьma	*koristьmъ
accusative	*koristь	*koristi	*koristi
instrumental	*koristьjǫ, *korisťǫ*	*koristьma	*koristьmi
locative	*koristi	*koristьju, *korisťu*	*koristьxъ
vocative	*koristi	*koristi	*koristi

^* 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).

Related terms

• *koristьnъ
• *bezkoristьnъ
• *koristьnikъ
• *koristьničьskъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: користь (koristĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: коры́сть (korýstʹ), кори́сть (korístʹ)
      • Belarusian: кары́сць (karýscʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ко́ри́сть (kórýstʹ)
      • → Russian: коры́сть (korýstʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: користь (koristĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⱃⰻⱄⱅⱐ (koristĭ)

  • Bulgarian: ко́рист (kórist)
  • Macedonian: корист (korist)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̏рӣст

    Latin script: kȍrīst

  • Slovene: korȋst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kořist
    • Czech: kořist
  • Kashubian: kòrzësc
  • Old Polish: korzyść
    • Polish: korzyść
  • Slovak: korisť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корысть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress