Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫsyni
Proto-Slavic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editFrom *gǫ̑sь (“goose”) + *-yni.
Noun
editDeclension
editDeclension of *gǫsyni (ī-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *gǫsyni | *gǫsyňi | *gǫsyňę̇ |
genitive | *gǫsyňę̇ | *gǫsyňu | *gǫsyňь |
dative | *gǫsyňi | *gǫsyňama | *gǫsyňamъ |
accusative | *gǫsyňǫ | *gǫsyňi | *gǫsyňę̇ |
instrumental | *gǫsyňejǫ, *gǫsyňǫ** | *gǫsyňama | *gǫsyňami |
locative | *gǫsyňi | *gǫsyňu | *gǫsyňasъ, *gǫsyňaxъ* |
vocative | *gǫsyňe | *gǫsyňi | *gǫsyňę̇ |
* -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- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gǫsyn'i”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 172
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫsyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 88