Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duxъna
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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
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
*duxъna f
- upper featherbed
Inflection edit
Declension of *duxъna (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *duxъna | *duxъně | *duxъny |
| genitive | *duxъny | *duxъnu | *duxъnъ |
| dative | *duxъně | *duxъnama | *duxъnamъ |
| accusative | *duxъnǫ | *duxъně | *duxъny |
| instrumental | *duxъnojǫ, *duxъnǫ** | *duxъnama | *duxъnami |
| locative | *duxъně | *duxъnu | *duxъnasъ, *duxъnaxъ* |
| vocative | *duxъno | *duxъně | *duxъny |
* -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
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dux(ъ)na”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 151