Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorpuxa

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 *xorpa +‎ *-uxa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerHp- (“to abrade, scrape”).

Noun

*xorpuxa f (West Slavic)

1. toad, paddock

   Synonyms: *korpa, (in South Slavic) *korstava, (in East Slavic) *žaba

Inflection

Declension of *xorpuxa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xorpuxa	*xorpuśě	*xorpuxy
genitive	*xorpuxy	*xorpuxu	*xorpuxъ
dative	*xorpuśě	*xorpuxama	*xorpuxamъ
accusative	*xorpuxǫ	*xorpuśě	*xorpuxy
instrumental	*xorpuxojǫ, *xorpuxǫ**	*xorpuxama	*xorpuxami
locative	*xorpuśě	*xorpuxu	*xorpuxasъ, *xorpuxaxъ*
vocative	*xorpuxo	*xorpuśě	*xorpuxy

^* -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

• *xorpavъ

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: ropucha
    • → Belarusian: рапу́ха (rapúxa)
    • → Czech: ropucha
    • → Slovak: ropucha
    • → Ukrainian: ропу́ха (ropúxa)

Further reading

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