Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prokuda

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

Formed as *pro- +‎ *kuda.

Noun

*prokùda f

1. exile, expulsion

   Synonym: *jьzgъnanьje

2. desecration

   Synonym: *xula

Declension

Declension of *prokuda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prokuda	*prokudě	*prokudy
genitive	*prokudy	*prokudu	*prokudъ
dative	*prokudě	*prokudama	*prokudamъ
accusative	*prokudǫ	*prokudě	*prokudy
instrumental	*prokudojǫ, *prokudǫ**	*prokudama	*prokudami
locative	*prokudě	*prokudu	*prokudasъ, *prokudaxъ*
vocative	*prokudo	*prokudě	*prokudy

^* -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

• *čudo (“miracle”)
• *počuda (“surprise, amazement”)
• *čudovišče (“monster”)
• *kudo (“sorcery”)
• *kuditi (“to prosecute”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: проку́да (prokúda, “rogue”) (colloquial)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: прокꙋда (prokuda)
  • Bulgarian: проку́да (prokúda)
  • Macedonian: прокуда (prokuda, “bad habit”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прокуда”, 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), “прокуда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 756