Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gňida
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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]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gnī́ˀdāˀ; cognate with Lithuanian gnída, Latvian gnĩda.
Noun
[edit]- nit (louse egg)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *gňìda (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gňìda | *gňìdě | *gňìdy |
| genitive | *gňìdy | *gňìdu | *gňìdъ |
| dative | *gňìdě | *gňìdama | *gňìdamъ |
| accusative | *gňìdǫ | *gňìdě | *gňìdy |
| instrumental | *gňìdojǫ, *gňìdǭ** | *gňìdama | *gňìdamī |
| locative | *gňìdě | *gňìdu | *gňìdasъ, *gňìdaxъ* |
| vocative | *gňìdo | *gňìdě | *gňìdy |
* -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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gņìda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169: “f. ā (a) ‘nit’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gnida gnidy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22; RPT 111)”
- ^ Dybo, Vladimir A., Zamyatina, Galina I., Nikolaev, Sergei L. (1990) Основы славянской акцентологии[2] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 42
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гни́да”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 256