Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/novakъ

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 *novъ (“new”) +‎ *-akъ. Cognate with Lithuanian naujõkas (“novice”), Ancient Greek νέᾱκος (néākos, “young man”).

Noun

*novãkъ m

1. novice

Declension

Declension of *novãkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*novãkъ	*novākà	*novācì
genitive	*novākà	*novākù	*novãkъ
dative	*novākù	*novākòma	*novākòmъ
accusative	*novãkъ	*novākà	*novākỳ
instrumental	*novākъ̀mь, *novākòmь*	*novākòma	*novãky
locative	*novācě̀	*novākù	*novãcěxъ
vocative	*novače	*novākà	*novācì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: новак (novak)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: новакъ (novakŭ)
  • Bulgarian: нова́к (novák)
  • Macedonian: новак (novak)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: но̀ва̄к

    Latin script: nòvāk, Nȍvāk

  • Slovene: novák, Novak
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: novák
    • Czech: Novák
  • Polish: nowak (archaic), Nowak
  • Slovak: novák (archaic), Novák

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*novakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “новак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 671