Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/omanъ
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From *omaniti (“to bewitch”), for ascribed protective witchery, its vegetable pungency, and its medicinal potency, fulfilling the role of the Arnica montana in the Germania.
Noun edit
*omanъ m
- elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)
Declension edit
Declension of *omanъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *omanъ | *omana | *omani |
genitive | *omana | *omanu | *omanъ |
dative | *omanu | *omanoma | *omanomъ |
accusative | *omanъ | *omana | *omany |
instrumental | *omanъmь, *omanomь* | *omanoma | *omany |
locative | *omaně | *omanu | *omaněxъ |
vocative | *omane | *omana | *omani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “ома̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 870
- Theißen, Ulrich (2006) ““Ein bezauberndes Hustenkraut”: Zu den Bezeichnungen des Alants (Inula helenium L.) in den slawischen Sprachen, vor allem im Bulgarischen”, in Zeitschrift für Balkanologie[1], volume 42, pages 228–237