Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zořa
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerh₁-. Akin to Lithuanian žarijà, žėrė́ti and Old Prussian sari.
Noun
[edit]*zořà f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *zořa (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *zořa | *zoři | *zořę̇ |
genitive | *zořę̇ | *zořu | *zořь |
dative | *zoři | *zořama | *zořamъ |
accusative | *zořǫ | *zoři | *zořę̇ |
instrumental | *zořejǫ, *zořǫ** | *zořama | *zořami |
locative | *zoři | *zořu | *zořasъ, *zořaxъ* |
vocative | *zoře | *zoři | *zořę̇ |
* -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).
Derived terms
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Related terms
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Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “заря́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress