Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)krajina

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 *o(b)krajь +‎ *-ina, from *krajь.

Noun

*o(b)krajina f

1. outskirts, edge of something, something located on the edge

Declension

Declension of *o(b)krajina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)krajina	*o(b)krajině	*o(b)krajiny
genitive	*o(b)krajiny	*o(b)krajinu	*o(b)krajinъ
dative	*o(b)krajině	*o(b)krajinama	*o(b)krajinamъ
accusative	*o(b)krajinǫ	*o(b)krajině	*o(b)krajiny
instrumental	*o(b)krajinojǫ, *o(b)krajinǫ**	*o(b)krajinama	*o(b)krajinami
locative	*o(b)krajině	*o(b)krajinu	*o(b)krajinasъ, *o(b)krajinaxъ*
vocative	*o(b)krajino	*o(b)krajině	*o(b)krajiny

^* -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).

Derived terms

• *o(b)krajinьnъ

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *окраина (*okraina)
    • Middle Russian: окраина (okraina)
      • Russian: окра́ина (okráina); окра́йна (okrájna) (dialectal)
        • Russian: окра́инка (okráinka) (dialectal)
        • → Bulgarian: окраи́на (okraína) (obsolete, bookish)
    • Old Ruthenian: *окраина (*okraina)
      • Belarusian: окра́ина (okráina); акра́іна (akráina) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: окра́ина (okráyna)
      • Ukrainian: окра́їна (okrájina)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: окра̀јина

    Latin script: okràjina

  • Slovene: okrájina, okrajna, obkrajína (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: okrajina
  • >? Old Polish: okraina
    • Polish: okraina
  • Slovak: okrajina (obsolete, bookish)