Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/teta
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
*tetà f[1]
DeclensionEdit
Declension of *teta (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *teta | *tetě | *tety |
| Accusative | *tetǫ | *tetě | *tety |
| Genitive | *tety | *tetu | *tetъ |
| Locative | *tetě | *tetu | *tetasъ, *tetaxъ* |
| Dative | *tetě | *tetama | *tetamъ |
| Instrumental | *tetojǫ, *tetǫ** | *tetama | *tetami |
| Vocative | *teto | *tetě | *tety |
* -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).
See alsoEdit
- Nursery words: *tata, *mama, *dada, *teta, *nana, *nena, *dědъ, *baba, *lola, *lelja
- Unsorted: *ova (“grandmother”), *sěmьja
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Latgalian: cjoce
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “téta”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “Pslovan. *teta̋”