Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slękъtь

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

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Noun

*slękъtь f

slush, mire, mud

Declension

Declension of *slękъtь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slękъtь	*slękъti	*slękъti
genitive	*slękъti	slękъtьju, slękъťu^*	slękъtьjь, slękъti^*
dative	*slękъti	*slękъtьma	*slękъtьmъ
accusative	*slękъtь	*slękъti	*slękъti
instrumental	slękъtьjǫ, slękъťǫ^*	*slękъtьma	*slękъtьmi
locative	*slękъti	slękъtьju, slękъťu^*	*slękъtьxъ
vocative	*slękъti	*slękъti	*slękъti

^* 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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: сле́каць (sljékacʹ) (dialectal)
- Russian: сля́коть (sljákotʹ)
- Ukrainian: сля́коть (sljákotʹ), сля́готь (sljáhotʹ), слякота́ (sljakotá), сля́ґотa (sljágota)
  - ⇒ Ukrainian: сля́ка (sljáka)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сле̏ка
  
  Latin script: slȅka
West Slavic:
- Polish: śląkwa, śląknąć (dialectal)
  - → Ukrainian: слаква́ (slakvá)