Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perъka
Proto-Slavic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editFormed either from the verb *pьrati (“to fly, to propagate”) + *-ъka or from the noun *pero (“feather”) + *-ъka.
Noun
edit*perъka f
Inflection
editDeclension of *perъka (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *perъka | *perъcě | *perъky |
genitive | *perъky | *perъku | *perъkъ |
dative | *perъcě | *perъkama | *perъkamъ |
accusative | *perъkǫ | *perъcě | *perъky |
instrumental | *perъkojǫ, *perъkǫ** | *perъkama | *perъkami |
locative | *perъcě | *perъku | *perъkasъ, *perъkaxъ* |
vocative | *perъko | *perъcě | *perъky |
* -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
editDerived terms
edit- *perъkati (“to flap (fins), to slam”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- Russian: пёрка (pjórka, “driller”)
- South Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пёрка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “перка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 174