Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žara

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

From *žarъ +‎ *-a.

Noun

*žara f

1. heat, hot weather

Declension

Declension of *žara (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žara	*žarě	*žary
genitive	*žary	*žaru	*žarъ
dative	*žarě	*žarama	*žaramъ
accusative	*žarǫ	*žarě	*žary
instrumental	*žarojǫ, *žarǫ**	*žarama	*žarami
locative	*žarě	*žaru	*žarasъ, *žaraxъ*
vocative	*žaro	*žarě	*žary

^* -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: *жара (*žara)
    • Old Ruthenian: *жара (*žara)
      • Belarusian: жара́ (žará)
      • Ukrainian: жара́ (žará)
    • Russian: жара́ (žará)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жа́ра

    Latin script: žára

  • Slovene: žara (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: žiara