Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/materinъ

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

Etymology

From *materь +‎ *-inъ.

Adjective

*materinъ

1. maternal, mother's

   Synonym: *maminъ

Declension

Indefinite declension of *materinъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*materinъ	*materina	*materino
genitive	*materina	*materiny	*materina
dative	*materinu	*materině	*materinu
accusative	*materinъ	*materinǫ	*materino
instrumental	*materinomь	*materinojǫ	*materinomь
locative	*materině	*materině	*materině
vocative	*materine	*materino	*materino
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*materina	*materině	*materině
genitive	*materinu	*materinu	*materinu
dative	*materinoma	*materinama	*materinoma
accusative	*materina	*materině	*materině
instrumental	*materinoma	*materinama	*materinoma
locative	*materinu	*materinu	*materinu
vocative	*materina	*materině	*materině
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*materini	*materiny	*materina
genitive	*materinъ	*materinъ	*materinъ
dative	*materinomъ	*materinamъ	*materinomъ
accusative	*materiny	*materiny	*materina
instrumental	*materiny	*materinami	*materiny
locative	*materiněxъ	*materinaxъ	*materiněxъ
vocative	*materini	*materiny	*materina

Derived Terms

• *materinьskъ
• *materinьstvo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ма́терин (máterin)
  • Ukrainian: ма́терин (máteryn)
• South Slavic
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: ма̏терин
    • Latin script: mȁterin

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*materinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 240