Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/děra
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Enlonged grade of *derti (“to tear”) + *-a, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear”).
Noun[edit]
dě̄rà f[1]
Alternative forms[edit]
Declension[edit]
Declension of *dě̄rà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dě̄rà | *dě̃rě | *dě̄rỳ |
| genitive | *dě̄rỳ | *dě̄rù | *dě̃rъ |
| dative | *dě̄rě̀ | *dě̄ràma | *dě̄ràmъ |
| accusative | *dě̄rǫ̀ | *dě̃rě | *dě̄rỳ |
| instrumental | *dě̄ròjǫ, *dě̃rǫ** | *dě̄ràma | *dě̄ràmī |
| locative | *dě̄rě̀ | *dě̄rù | *dě̄ràsъ, *dě̄ràxъ* |
| vocative | *děro | *dě̃rě | *dě̄rỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*děra”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 12
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dě̄rà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 103: “f. ā 'crack, hole'”