Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъduňa
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).
Noun
[edit]*kъduňa f
- quince (tree and fruit)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kъduňa (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *kъduňa | *kъduňi | *kъduňę̇ |
genitive | *kъduňę̇ | *kъduňu | *kъduňь |
dative | *kъduňi | *kъduňama | *kъduňamъ |
accusative | *kъduňǫ | *kъduňi | *kъduňę̇ |
instrumental | *kъduňejǫ, *kъduňǫ** | *kъduňama | *kъduňami |
locative | *kъduňi | *kъduňu | *kъduňasъ, *kъduňaxъ* |
vocative | *kъduňe | *kъduňi | *kъduňę̇ |
* -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).
Related terms
[edit]- *dyňa (“melon”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъdunja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 174
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дуля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress