Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/popara

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 *popariti +‎ *-a, itself from *po- +‎ *pariti, perhaps in relation to the dish giving out steam.

Noun

*popara f

1. a dish made from bread dipped in a hot liquid, usually milk

Declension

Declension of *popara (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*popara	*poparě	*popary
genitive	*popary	*poparu	*poparъ
dative	*poparě	*poparama	*poparamъ
accusative	*poparǫ	*poparě	*popary
instrumental	*poparojǫ, *poparǫ**	*poparama	*poparami
locative	*poparě	*poparu	*poparasъ, *poparaxъ*
vocative	*poparo	*poparě	*popary

^* -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).

Related terms

• *popariti
• *pariti
• *para
• *parъ

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: попа́ра (popára)
  • Macedonian: попара (popara)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̏пара

    Latin script: pȍpara

    • → Romanian: papară
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پاپاره (papara)
    • Turkish: papara
  • → Greek: παπάρα (papára)