Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slękъtь

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

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Noun

*slękъtь f

1. slush, mire, mud

Declension

Declension of *slękъtь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slękъtь	*slękъti	*slękъti
genitive	*slękъti	*slękъtьju, *slękъťu*	*slękъtьjь, *slękъti*
dative	*slękъti	*slękъtьma	*slękъtьmъ
accusative	*slękъtь	*slękъti	*slękъti
instrumental	*slękъtьjǫ, *slękъťǫ*	*slękъtьma	*slękъtьmi
locative	*slękъti	*slękъtьju, *slękъťu*	*slękъtьxъ
vocative	*slękъti	*slękъti	*slękъti

^* 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

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: сле́каць (sljékacʹ) (dialectal)
  • Russian: сля́коть (sljákotʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сля́коть (sljákotʹ), сля́готь (sljáhotʹ), слякота́ (sljakotá), сля́ґотa (sljágota)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: сля́ка (sljáka)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сле̏ка

    Latin script: slȅka

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: śląkwa, śląknąć (dialectal)
    • → Ukrainian: слаква́ (slakvá)

Further reading

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