Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrpa
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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
editEtymology
editUncertain, possibly from or related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrˀpāˀ (“shoe”).
Noun
editInflection
editDeclension of *kъrpa (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kъrpa | *kъrpě | *kъrpy |
| genitive | *kъrpy | *kъrpu | *kъrpъ |
| dative | *kъrpě | *kъrpama | *kъrpamъ |
| accusative | *kъrpǫ | *kъrpě | *kъrpy |
| instrumental | *kъrpojǫ, *kъrpǫ** | *kъrpama | *kъrpami |
| locative | *kъrpě | *kъrpu | *kъrpasъ, *kъrpaxъ* |
| vocative | *kъrpo | *kъrpě | *kъrpy |
* -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:
- Russian: корпа́ть (korpátʹ, “to mend clothes”) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: karpa
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъ̀rpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485: “BSl. *kúrʔp(i)aʔ”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kurpė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “BSL *kúrʔp(i)aʔ; PSL *kъ̀rpa”