Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dura
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
*dura f[1]
Declension[edit]
Declension of *dura (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *dura | *durě | *dury |
genitive | *dury | *duru | *durъ |
dative | *durě | *durama | *duramъ |
accusative | *durǫ | *durě | *dury |
instrumental | *durojǫ, *durǫ** | *durama | *durami |
locative | *durě | *duru | *durasъ, *duraxъ* |
vocative | *duro | *durě | *dury |
* -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).
Descendants[edit]
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dura”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 126: “f. ā ‘hole’”