Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫkavъ

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 *rǫka +‎ *-avъ.

Noun

*rǫkavъ m

1. sleeve

Declension

Declension of *rǫkavъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rǫkavъ	*rǫkava	*rǫkavi
genitive	*rǫkava	*rǫkavu	*rǫkavъ
dative	*rǫkavu	*rǫkavoma	*rǫkavomъ
accusative	*rǫkavъ	*rǫkava	*rǫkavy
instrumental	*rǫkavъmь, *rǫkavomь*	*rǫkavoma	*rǫkavy
locative	*rǫkavě	*rǫkavu	*rǫkavěxъ
vocative	*rǫkave	*rǫkava	*rǫkavi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рѫкавъ (rǫkavŭ), рукавъ (rukavŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: рука́въ (rukáv)
      • Belarusian: рука́ў (rukáŭ)
      • Ukrainian: рука́в (rukáv)
    • Russian: рука́в (rukáv)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ръка́в (rǎkáv)
  • Macedonian: ракав (rakav)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ру̀ка̄в

    Latin script: rùkāv

  • Slovene: rokáv (tonal orthography)
    • Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): rḁkȃu
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: rukáv
    • Czech: rukáv
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): rukáv
  • Polabian: rǫkăv
  • Old Polish: rękaw
    • Polish: rękaw
    • Silesian: rynkŏw
  • Slovak: rukáv
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rukaw
    • Lower Sorbian: rukaw

Further reading

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