Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldenьcь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldenikas, equivalet to *moldъ +‎ *-ьcь. Cognate with Old Prussian maldenikis (“child”).

Noun

*moldenьcь m

infant, child, youth

Inflection

Declension of *moldenьcь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*moldenьcь	*moldenьca	*moldenьci
Accusative	*moldenьcь	*moldenьca	*moldenьcę̇
Genitive	*moldenьca	*moldenьcu	*moldenьcь
Locative	*moldenьci	*moldenьcu	*moldenьcixъ
Dative	*moldenьcu	*moldenьcema	*moldenьcemъ
Instrumental	moldenьcьmь, moldenьcemь^*	*moldenьcema	*moldenьci
Vocative	*moldenьče	*moldenьca	*moldenьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: младеньць (mladenĭcĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰿⰾⰰⰴⰵⱀⱐⱌⱐ (mladenĭcĭ)
  - Russian: младе́нец (mladénec)
- Bulgarian: младене́ц (mladenéc)
- Macedonian: младенец (mladenec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мла̀денац
  
  Latin: mlàdenac
- Slovene: mladenec
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mládenec
  - Czech: mládenec
- Polish: młodzieniec
- Slovak: mládenec
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: młodźenc
  - Upper Sorbian: młodźenc

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*moldenьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “младе́нец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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