Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъporъ

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 1

Action noun of *sъperti, from *sъ(n) +‎ *perti.

Alternative forms

• *sǫporъ

Noun

*sъporъ m

1. quarrel, argument

Declension

Declension of *sъporъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъporъ	*sъpora	*sъpori
genitive	*sъpora	*sъporu	*sъporъ
dative	*sъporu	*sъporoma	*sъporomъ
accusative	*sъporъ	*sъpora	*sъpory
instrumental	*sъporъmь, *sъporomь*	*sъporoma	*sъpory
locative	*sъporě	*sъporu	*sъporěxъ
vocative	*sъpore	*sъpora	*sъpori

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: съпоръ (sŭporŭ), супоръ (suporŭ)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: спо́рка (spórka)
    • Russian: спор (spor)
    • Ukrainian: спір (spir)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: спор (spor)
  • Macedonian: спор (spor)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: спо̏р

    Latin script: spȍr

  • Slovene: spȍr (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: spor
  • Polish: spór
  • Slovak: spor

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Adjective

*sъporъ

1. Alternative reconstruction of *sporъ (“abundant”)