Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bara
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; possibly borrowed from a substrate language,[1] or perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bāˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-reh₂ (“shiny; something shiny”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”); compare Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), traditionally derived from *bʰel- (“shiny, white”), as also *bělь (“swampy meadow”), though also likely of substrate origin instead. The p- forms in Lower Sorbian and Polabian are closer to the Lithuanian pur̃vas (“mud”) and Latvian pùrvs (“bog”), Sudovian puro (“swamp”).
Noun edit
Alternative forms edit
- *barъ m
Declension edit
Declension of *bara (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bara | *bàrě | *bàry |
| genitive | *bàry | *bàru | *bàrъ |
| dative | *bàrě | *bàrama | *bàramъ |
| accusative | *bàrǫ | *bàrě | *bàry |
| instrumental | *bàrojǫ, *bàrǭ** | *bàrama | *bàramī |
| locative | *bàrě | *bàru | *bàrasъ, *bàraxъ* |
| vocative | *bàro | *bàrě | *bàry |
* -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 edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- Russian: бара (bara)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bara”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 153
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бара”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бар¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 136
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бара”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 32
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 76 of 75–102
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bara -y”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (157)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “barje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ba̋ra”