Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/majakъ

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 *màjati (“to beckon”) + *-akъ (“masculine nominalizing suffix”).

Noun

*majakъ m

1. signalling post
2. beacon
3. lighthouse

Declension

Declension of *majakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*majakъ	*majaka	*majaci
genitive	*majaka	*majaku	*majakъ
dative	*majaku	*majakoma	*majakomъ
accusative	*majakъ	*majaka	*majaky
instrumental	*majakъmь, *majakomь*	*majakoma	*majaky
locative	*majacě	*majaku	*majacěxъ
vocative	*majače	*majaka	*majaci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мая́к (maják)
  • Russian: мая́к (maják)
    • → Czech: maják
    • → Slovak: maják
  • Ukrainian: мая́к (maják)
    • → Polish: majak
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: мая̀к (majàk)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мая́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress