Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motyra
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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]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *motъ or *motati (“to wind”) + *-yra.
Noun
[edit]*motyra f
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Inflection
[edit]Declension of *motyra (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *motyra | *motyrě | *motyry |
| genitive | *motyry | *motyru | *motyrъ |
| dative | *motyrě | *motyrama | *motyramъ |
| accusative | *motyrǫ | *motyrě | *motyry |
| instrumental | *motyrojǫ, *motyrǫ** | *motyrama | *motyrami |
| locative | *motyrě | *motyru | *motyrasъ, *motyraxъ* |
| vocative | *motyro | *motyrě | *motyry |
* -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:
- Russian: моты́ра (motýra)
References
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motyra / *motyrjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 88