Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldežь

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 1

From *molděti (“to appear young”) +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*moldežь f

1. youth

   Antonym: *starežь

Alternative forms

• *molděžь

Inflection

Declension of *moldežь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*moldežь	*moldeži	*moldeži
genitive	*moldeži	*moldežьju, *moldežu*	*moldežьjь, *moldeži*
dative	*moldeži	*moldežьma	*moldežьmъ
accusative	*moldežь	*moldeži	*moldeži
instrumental	*moldežьjǫ, *moldežǫ*	*moldežьma	*moldežьmi
locative	*moldeži	*moldežьju, *moldežu*	*moldežьxъ
vocative	*moldeži	*moldeži	*moldeži

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *moldežьnъ (“youthful”)
• *moldežьskъ (“juvenile”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: молодежь (molodežĭ) (occasionally молодѣжь (moloděžĭ))
  • Belarusian: молодзя́ж (molodzjáž), молодзéж (molodzéž), мо́ладзеш (móladzješ)
  • Russian: молоде́жь (molodéžʹ), мо́лодёжь (mólodjožʹ)
  • Ukrainian: мо́лодіж (mólodiž)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: младежь (mladežĭ) (occasionally младѣжь (mladěžĭ))
  • Bulgarian: младе́ж f (mladéž)
  • Macedonian: младеж (mladež)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мла̏деж

    Latin: mlȁdež

  • Slovene: mlȃdež (“new moon”)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: młodzéż
  • Old Czech: mládež
    • Czech: mládež
  • Old Polish: młodzież
    • Masurian: młodżiez
    • Polish: młodzież
    • Silesian: modziyż
  • Slovak: mládež

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moldežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 154
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “младеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “mlȃdež”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

Etymology 2

From *moldъ (“young”) +‎ *-ežь.

Noun

*moldežь m

1. young person

Inflection

Declension of *moldežь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*moldežь	*moldeža	*moldeži
genitive	*moldeža	*moldežu	*moldežь
dative	*moldežu	*moldežema	*moldežemъ
accusative	*moldežь	*moldeža	*moldežę̇
instrumental	*moldežьmь, *moldežemь*	*moldežema	*moldeži
locative	*moldeži	*moldežu	*moldežixъ
vocative	*moldežu	*moldeža	*moldeži

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

Related terms

• *moldikъ, *moldiťь, *moldičь (“child, young one”)
• *moldokъ (“novice, youth”)
• *moldьcь (“child”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: младе́ж m (mladéž)
  • Macedonian: младеж (mladež)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мла̏деж

    Latin script: mlȁdež