Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/padъ

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 *pàsti (“to fall”).

Noun

*padъ m

1. fall

Declension

Declension of *padъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*padъ	*pada	*padi
genitive	*pada	*padu	*padъ
dative	*padu	*padoma	*padomъ
accusative	*padъ	*pada	*pady
instrumental	*padъmь, *padomь*	*padoma	*pady
locative	*padě	*padu	*paděxъ
vocative	*pade	*pada	*padi

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: падъ (padŭ)

    • Bulgarian: пад (pad)
    • Macedonian: пад (pad)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̑д

    Latin script: pȃd

  • Slovene: pàd (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pád
  • Polish: pad
  • Slovak: pád

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “пад”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 998