Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olьxa
Proto-Slavic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.
Noun
editDeclension
editDeclension of *olьxa (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *olьxa | *olьśě | *olьxy |
genitive | *olьxy | *olьxu | *olьxъ |
dative | *olьśě | *olьxama | *olьxamъ |
accusative | *olьxǫ | *olьśě | *olьxy |
instrumental | *olьxojǫ, *olьxǫ** | *olьxama | *olьxami |
locative | *olьśě | *olьxu | *olьxasъ, *olьxaxъ* |
vocative | *olьxo | *olьśě | *olьxy |
* -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).
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olьxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 81
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “jelša”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *jelьša̋, *olьša̋”
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́льха́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress