Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ratь
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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 reconstruction
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly cognate with Latvian rēta (“scar”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*ratь f (West Slavic)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *ratь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ratь | *rati | *rati |
| genitive | *rati | *ratьju, *raťu* | *ratьjь, *rati* |
| dative | *rati | *ratьma | *ratьmъ |
| accusative | *ratь | *rati | *rati |
| instrumental | *ratьjǫ, *raťǫ* | *ratьma | *ratьmi |
| locative | *rati | *ratьju, *raťu* | *ratьxъ |
| vocative | *rati | *rati | *rati |
* 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, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*ortь/*ratь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 214
Further reading
[edit]- Václav Machek (1968) “rať”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 509
- Králik, Ľubor (2016) “ratica”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 492