Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dura
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Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
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Noun
edit*dura f[1]
Declension
editDeclension of *dura (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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’”