Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tropa

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

Per Vasmer, related to *trepati, *tropati. Compare Latvian trара, Albanian trap, Ancient Greek ἀτραπός (atrapós).

Noun

*tropa f

1. trail, path

Declension

Declension of *tropa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tropa	*tropě	*tropy
genitive	*tropy	*tropu	*tropъ
dative	*tropě	*tropama	*tropamъ
accusative	*tropǫ	*tropě	*tropy
instrumental	*tropojǫ, *tropǫ**	*tropama	*tropami
locative	*tropě	*tropu	*tropasъ, *tropaxъ*
vocative	*tropo	*tropě	*tropy

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тропа (tropa)
    • Russian: тропа́ (tropá)
    • Ukrainian: тропа́ (tropá)

Further reading

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