Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krъxa

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *krušā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *krows-.

Noun

*krъxà f^[1]^[2]

lump, chunk

Inflection

Declension of *krъxà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krъxà	*krъ̀śě	*krъxỳ
genitive	*krъxỳ	*krъxù	*krъ̀xъ
dative	*krъśě̀	*krъxàma	*krъxàmъ
accusative	*krъxǫ̀	*krъ̀śě	*krъxỳ
instrumental	krъxòjǫ, krъ̀xǫ^**	*krъxàma	*krъxàmī
locative	*krъśě̀	*krъxù	krъxàsъ, krъxàxъ^*
vocative	*krъxo	*krъ̀śě	*krъxỳ

^* -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).

Declension of *krъxà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krъxà	*krъ̏śě	*krъ̏xy
genitive	*krъxý	*krъxù	*krъ̀xъ
dative	*krъśě̀	*krъxàma	*krъxàmъ
accusative	*krъ̏xǫ	*krъ̏śě	*krъ̏xy
instrumental	*krъxojǫ́	*krъxàma	*krъxàmi
locative	*krъ̏śě	*krъxù	krъxàsъ, krъxàxъ^*
vocative	*krъxo	*krъ̏śě	*krъ̏xy

^* -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.

Alternative forms

*krъxъ m

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кръха (krŭxa)
  - Old Ruthenian: *крыха (*kryxa)
    - Belarusian: крыха́ (kryxá)
    - Ukrainian: криха́ (kryxá)
  - Russian: кро́ха (króxa)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: кръха (krŭxa)

From *krъxъ m

Polish: krech
Slovak: krh, krch
Slovene: kŕh (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
- ⇒ Slovene: kŕhelj (“fragment”)

From *krъxotina

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: кр̀хотина

Latin script: kr̀hotina

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krъxà; *krъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253: “(b/c) f. ā; m. o ‘lump’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “krъxa krъxy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 88, 141f.; SA 24); b/c (PR 135) crumb”