Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kryša

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

Alternative forms

*kryšь

Etymology

From *kryti (“to cover, hide”) +‎ *-ša or from s-extension *krys- +‎ *-ja.

Compare Old Norse hrøysar, Danish røs, røse (“pile (of stones)”), Low German rûse (“pile”).

Noun

*kryša f

roof
shelter

Inflection

Declension of *kryša (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kryša	*kryši	*kryšę̇
genitive	*kryšę̇	*kryšu	*kryšь
dative	*kryši	*kryšama	*kryšamъ
accusative	*kryšǫ	*kryši	*kryšę̇
instrumental	kryšejǫ, kryšǫ^**	*kryšama	*kryšami
locative	*kryši	*kryšu	kryšasъ, kryšaxъ^*
vocative	*kryše	*kryši	*kryšę̇

^* -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).

Derived terms

*kryšьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *крꙑша (*kryša)
  - Belarusian: кры́ша (krýša)
  - Russian: кры́ша (krýša), крышь (kryšʹ)
  - Ukrainian: кри́ша (krýša)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: скришом (skrišom, adv.)
- ⇒ Macedonian: кришум (krišum, adv.)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: кри̑ш (obsolete)
  
  Latin script: krȋš (obsolete)
  ⇒ Cyrillic script: кри̑шом (“secretly”, adv.)
  
  ⇒ Latin script: krȋšom (“secretly”, adv.)
West Slavic:
- Czech: skrýše, skrýš

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kryša / *kryšь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 70
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кры́ша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress