Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/meslo
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- *mesla f
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]*meslo n, *mesla f
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Inflection
[edit]Declension of *meslo (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *meslo | *meslě | *mesla |
genitive | *mesla | *meslu | *meslъ |
dative | *meslu | *mesloma | *meslomъ |
accusative | *meslo | *meslě | *mesla |
instrumental | *meslъmь, *meslomь* | *mesloma | *mesly |
locative | *meslě | *meslu | *meslěxъ |
vocative | *meslo | *meslě | *mesla |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *mesla (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *mesla | *meslě | *mesly |
genitive | *mesly | *meslu | *meslъ |
dative | *meslě | *meslama | *meslamъ |
accusative | *meslǫ | *meslě | *mesly |
instrumental | *meslojǫ, *meslǫ** | *meslama | *meslami |
locative | *meslě | *meslu | *meslasъ, *meslaxъ* |
vocative | *meslo | *meslě | *mesly |
* -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]References
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*meslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 104