Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milostivъ

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 *milostь (“mercy”) +‎ *-ivъ.

Adjective

*milostivъ

1. merciful

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *milostivъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*milostivъ	*milostiva	*milostivo
genitive	*milostiva	*milostivy	*milostiva
dative	*milostivu	*milostivě	*milostivu
accusative	*milostivъ	*milostivǫ	*milostivo
instrumental	*milostivomь	*milostivojǫ	*milostivomь
locative	*milostivě	*milostivě	*milostivě
vocative	*milostive	*milostivo	*milostivo
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*milostiva	*milostivě	*milostivě
genitive	*milostivu	*milostivu	*milostivu
dative	*milostivoma	*milostivama	*milostivoma
accusative	*milostiva	*milostivě	*milostivě
instrumental	*milostivoma	*milostivama	*milostivoma
locative	*milostivu	*milostivu	*milostivu
vocative	*milostiva	*milostivě	*milostivě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*milostivi	*milostivy	*milostiva
genitive	*milostivъ	*milostivъ	*milostivъ
dative	*milostivomъ	*milostivamъ	*milostivomъ
accusative	*milostivy	*milostivy	*milostiva
instrumental	*milostivy	*milostivami	*milostivy
locative	*milostivěxъ	*milostivaxъ	*milostivěxъ
vocative	*milostivi	*milostivy	*milostiva

Definite declension of *milostivъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*milostivъjь	*milostivaja	*milostivoje
genitive	*milostivajego	*milostivyję̇	*milostivajego
dative	*milostivujemu	*milostivěji	*milostivujemu
accusative	*milostivъjь	*milostivǫjǫ	*milostivoje
instrumental	*milostivyjimь	*milostivǫjǫ	*milostivyjimь
locative	*milostivějemь	*milostivěji	*milostivějemь
vocative	*milostivъjь	*milostivaja	*milostivoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*milostivaja	*milostivěji	*milostivěji
genitive	*milostivuju	*milostivuju	*milostivuju
dative	*milostivyjima	*milostivyjima	*milostivyjima
accusative	*milostivaja	*milostivěji	*milostivěji
instrumental	*milostivyjima	*milostivyjima	*milostivyjima
locative	*milostivuju	*milostivuju	*milostivuju
vocative	*milostivaja	*milostivěji	*milostivěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*milostiviji	*milostivyję̇	*milostivaja
genitive	*milostivъjixъ	*milostivъjixъ	*milostivъjixъ
dative	*milostivyjimъ	*milostivyjimъ	*milostivyjimъ
accusative	*milostivyję̇	*milostivyję̇	*milostivaja
instrumental	*milostivyjimi	*milostivyjimi	*milostivyjimi
locative	*milostivyjixъ	*milostivyjixъ	*milostivyjixъ
vocative	*milostiviji	*milostivyję̇	*milostivaja

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ми́лостивый (mílostivyj)
    • Belarusian: мі́ласцівы (mílascivy)
    • Ukrainian: ми́лостивий (mýlostyvyj), милости́вий (mylostývyj)
  • Russian: ми́лостивый (mílostivyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: милостивъ (milostivŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⰺⰾⱁⱄⱅⰺⰲⱏ (milostivŭ)

  • Bulgarian: милости́в (milostív)
  • Macedonian: ми́лостив (mílostiv)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мѝлостӣв

    Latin script: mìlostīv

  • Slovene: milostív (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: milostivý
  • Polish: miłościwy
  • Slovak: milostivý

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*milostivъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 38