Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrščina
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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 *mъrščiti (“to wrinkle”) + *-ina
Noun
[edit]*mъrščina f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *mъrščina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mъrščina | *mъrščině | *mъrščiny |
| genitive | *mъrščiny | *mъrščinu | *mъrščinъ |
| dative | *mъrščině | *mъrščinama | *mъrščinamъ |
| accusative | *mъrščinǫ | *mъrščině | *mъrščiny |
| instrumental | *mъrščinojǫ, *mъrščinǫ** | *mъrščinama | *mъrščinami |
| locative | *mъrščině | *mъrščinu | *mъrščinasъ, *mъrščinaxъ* |
| vocative | *mъrščino | *mъrščině | *mъrščiny |
* -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:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 8