Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mořakъ

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 *moře (“sea”) +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*mořakъ m

1. sailor

Declension

Declension of *mořakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mořakъ	*mořaka	*mořaci
genitive	*mořaka	*mořaku	*mořakъ
dative	*mořaku	*mořakoma	*mořakomъ
accusative	*mořakъ	*mořaka	*mořaky
instrumental	*mořakъmь, *mořakomь*	*mořakoma	*mořaky
locative	*mořacě	*mořaku	*mořacěxъ
vocative	*mořače	*mořaka	*mořaci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мара́к (marák)
  • Russian: моря́к (morják)
  • Ukrainian: моря́к (morják)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: моря́к (morják)
  • Slovene: morják (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: moriak
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: móŕak

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mořakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 226