Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/durь

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

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Noun

*durь f

stupidity, madness

Inflection

Declension of *durь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*durь	*duri	*duri
genitive	*duri	durьju, duřu^*	durьjь, duri^*
dative	*duri	*durьma	*durьmъ
accusative	*durь	*duri	*duri
instrumental	durьjǫ, duřǫ^*	*durьma	*durьmi
locative	*duri	durьju, duřu^*	*durьxъ
vocative	*duri	*duri	*duri

^* 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

*durьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: дурь (durʹ)
- Ukrainian: дур (dur)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*durь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 126