Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zatopnъ

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

By surface analysis, deverbal from *zatopnǫti.

Noun

*zatopnъ m

1. bay, gulf

Declension

Declension of *zatopnъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zatopnъ	*zatopna	*zatopni
genitive	*zatopna	*zatopnu	*zatopnъ
dative	*zatopnu	*zatopnoma	*zatopnomъ
accusative	*zatopnъ	*zatopna	*zatopny
instrumental	*zatopnъmь, *zatopnomь*	*zatopnoma	*zatopny
locative	*zatopně	*zatopnu	*zatopněxъ
vocative	*zatopne	*zatopna	*zatopni

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *затопнъ (*zatopnŭ)
    • Middle Russian: затонъ (zaton)
      • Russian: зато́н (zatón)
    • Old Ruthenian: затонъ (zaton)
      • Belarusian: зато́н (zatón)
      • Ukrainian: затон (zaton)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: затон (zaton) (part of toponyms)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за́тон

    Latin script: záton

  • Slovene: zatòn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zátoń, zátuň
  • Polish: zatona f
  • Slovak: zátoň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zatoń

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “зато́н”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зато́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress