Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tolka
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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]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Latvian talka, Lithuanian talkà.
Noun
[edit]*tolka f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *tolka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tolka | *tolcě | *tolky |
| genitive | *tolky | *tolku | *tolkъ |
| dative | *tolcě | *tolkama | *tolkamъ |
| accusative | *tolkǫ | *tolcě | *tolky |
| instrumental | *tolkojǫ, *tolkǫ** | *tolkama | *tolkami |
| locative | *tolcě | *tolku | *tolkasъ, *tolkaxъ* |
| vocative | *tolko | *tolcě | *tolky |
* -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).
Related terms
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verbs
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: тлака́ (tlaká)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: tláka (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толока́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress