Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dlaka

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 earlier *tlaka, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tlāˀkāˀ (compare *ordlo < *árˀtla). Compare Lithuanian lokỹs, Latvian lācis (“bear”).

Noun

*dlàka f (diminutive *dlačica)^[1]^[2]

fur
plumage

Declension

Declension of *dlàka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dlàka	*dlàcě	*dlàky
genitive	*dlàky	*dlàku	*dlàkъ
dative	*dlàcě	*dlàkama	*dlàkamъ
accusative	*dlàkǫ	*dlàcě	*dlàky
instrumental	dlàkojǫ, dlàkǭ^**	*dlàkama	*dlàkamī
locative	*dlàcě	*dlàku	dlàkasъ, dlàkaxъ^*
vocative	*dlàko	*dlàcě	*dlàky

^* -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).

Derived terms

nouns

*vьlkodlakъ m (“werewolf”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: (dialectal) дла́ка (dláka)
- Macedonian: длака (dlaka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дла̏ка, (dialectal) гла̏ка
  
  Latin script: dlȁka, (dialectal) glȁka
  - Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: dlãka
- Slovene: dláka
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: tlaka (< *tlaka)

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “dlaka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 235
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolka?/*d(ь)laka?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63