Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/širina

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 *širь +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*širina f

1. width, breadth

Declension

Declension of *širina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*širina	*širině	*širiny
genitive	*širiny	*širinu	*širinъ
dative	*širině	*širinama	*širinamъ
accusative	*širinǫ	*širině	*širiny
instrumental	*širinojǫ, *širinǫ**	*širinama	*širinami
locative	*širině	*širinu	*širinasъ, *širinaxъ*
vocative	*širino	*širině	*širiny

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ширина (širina)
    • Old Ruthenian: ширина (širina), ширинꙗ (širinja), шерина (šerina)
      • Belarusian: шырыня́ (šyrynjá); шыры́на (šyrýna) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: ширина (šyryna)
      • Ukrainian: ширина́ (šyryná)
    • Russian: ширина́ (širiná)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ширина̀ (širinà)
  • Macedonian: ширина (širina)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ширѝна

    Latin script: širìna

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: szerzyna (obsolete)