Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bagra

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

Noun

*bagra f

1. Alternative form of *bagrъ (“purple”)

Declension

Declension of *bagra (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bagra	*bagrě	*bagry
genitive	*bagry	*bagru	*bagrъ
dative	*bagrě	*bagrama	*bagramъ
accusative	*bagrǫ	*bagrě	*bagry
instrumental	*bagrojǫ, *bagrǫ**	*bagrama	*bagrami
locative	*bagrě	*bagru	*bagrasъ, *bagraxъ*
vocative	*bagro	*bagrě	*bagry

^* -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:
  • Belarusian: ба́гра (báhra, “purple paint”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ба́гра (bágra, “color”)
  • Macedonian: багра (bagra, “purple”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: bàgra (“red paint, obtained from pine bark; purple”)

    Cyrillic script: ба̀гра