Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/murava
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *mura, *murъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras (“mud”).
Noun
edit*murava f[1]
Declension
editDeclension of *murava (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *murava | *muravě | *muravy |
genitive | *muravy | *muravu | *muravъ |
dative | *muravě | *muravama | *muravamъ |
accusative | *muravǫ | *muravě | *muravy |
instrumental | *muravojǫ, *muravǫ** | *muravama | *muravami |
locative | *muravě | *muravu | *muravasъ, *muravaxъ* |
vocative | *muravo | *muravě | *muravy |
* -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:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*murava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 192
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мурава́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress