Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diřa

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From the intensive stem *dir- + *-ja of Proto-Slavic *dьrati (“to tear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear”).

Noun

*dìřa f

Alternative form of *dira

Declension

Declension of *diřa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*diřa	*diři	*diřę̇
genitive	*diřę̇	*diřu	*diřь
dative	*diři	*diřama	*diřamъ
accusative	*diřǫ	*diři	*diřę̇
instrumental	diřejǫ, diřǫ^**	*diřama	*diřami
locative	*diři	*diřu	diřasъ, diřaxъ^*
vocative	*diře	*diři	*diřę̇

^* -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).